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A definitive portrait of American musical icon Louis Armstrong describes his poverty-stricken youth, his struggle to become a successful jazz musician, his private life, and his dramatic influence on American music and culture. 35,000 first printing. $35,000 ad/promo. Tour.
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"Bergreen writes with genuine love and respect for Armstrong's art....This is likely to be the standard biography of Armstrong for some time."
--Washington Post "A full-bodied portrait of the artist and the man that is far more interesting than his already colorful legend."
--USA Today "No one has done a better job than Bergreen of making emotional sense of Armstrong's four marriages and uncounted affairs. . . . The fullest and frankest account of Armstrong to date."
--Boston Sunday Globe "A meticulously researched, vibrant biography, which has the potential to become the definitive word on Armstrong's life and remarkable career."
--Variety
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--Washington Post "A full-bodied portrait of the artist and the man that is far more interesting than his already colorful legend."
--USA Today "No one has done a better job than Bergreen of making emotional sense of Armstrong's four marriages and uncounted affairs. . . . The fullest and frankest account of Armstrong to date."
--Boston Sunday Globe "A meticulously researched, vibrant biography, which has the potential to become the definitive word on Armstrong's life and remarkable career."
--Variety
Louis Armstrong was a character of epic proportions. Raised on the streets of New Orleans, he spent time in reform school and as a pimp before starting to play the cornet in the city's bordellos and night-clubs. A dazzling and groundbreaking musician, composer and singer, he took jazz from its roots in New Orleans to the world and helped create the jazz age.
Married four times, with countless other romantic involvements, a life long believer in marijuana and an accomplished storyteller and correspondent, Armstrong chronicled his life experiences, creating an extraordinary hitherto unexplored archive. These intimate personal records reveal in vivid detail a man of passion and political belief, courage, humour and genius.
'You could wish for no better tool than this book to help understand the man's improbable life'
THE GUARDIAN
‘It's all there: The proselytising, the marijuana and laxatives, the woman, the protective mask and, as far as possible, the face behind it’
GEORGE MELLY, 'The Sunday Telegraph'
'An excellent biography'
TIME OUT
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- PublisherBantam Dell Pub Group
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0553067680
- ISBN 13 9780553067682
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages564
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