Satchmo
My Life in New Orleans
$50.24
- Paperback
248 pages
- Release Date
22 August 1986
Summary
“In all my whole career the Brick House was one of the toughest joints I ever played in. It was the honky-tonk where levee workers would congregate every Saturday night and trade with the gals who’d stroll up and down the floor and the bar. Those guys would drink and fight one another like circle saws. Bottles would come flying over the bandstand like crazy, and there was lots of just plain common shooting and cutting. But somehow all that jive didn’t faze me at all, I was so happy to have so…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780306802768 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0306802767 |
| Author: | Louis Armstrong |
| Publisher: | Hachette Books |
| Imprint: | Da Capo Press Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 248 |
| Release Date: | 22 August 1986 |
| Weight: | 274g |
| Dimensions: | 214mm x 138mm x 20mm |
| Series: | Da Capo Paperback |
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Critics Review
New Orleans Times-Picayune, 8/3/14 “Among the most distinguished writers on jazz and American music, Giddens has a knack for weaving musical analysis and biographical detail.” Paste Magazine, “The 20 Best Memoirs Written by Musicians,” 1/2/15 “An exuberant first-hand account of New Orleans at the turn of the 20th century, before [Louis Armstrong] and others like him brought jazz a worldwide audience.”
About The Author
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong (1901-1971), nicknamed Satchmo, was an American trumpeter, composer, singer and occasional actor who was one of the most influential figures in jazz.
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