The richly evocative tale of a musician, his city, and the origins of jazz. In the early twentieth century, New Orleans was a place of colliding identities and histories, and Louis Armstrong was a gifted young man of psychological nimbleness. A dark-skinned, impoverished child, he grew up under low expectations, Jim Crow legislation, and vigilante terrorism. Yet he also grew up at the center of African American vernacular traditions from the Deep South, learning the ecstatic music of the Sanctified Church, blues played ...
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The richly evocative tale of a musician, his city, and the origins of jazz. In the early twentieth century, New Orleans was a place of colliding identities and histories, and Louis Armstrong was a gifted young man of psychological nimbleness. A dark-skinned, impoverished child, he grew up under low expectations, Jim Crow legislation, and vigilante terrorism. Yet he also grew up at the center of African American vernacular traditions from the Deep South, learning the ecstatic music of the Sanctified Church, blues played by street musicians, and the plantation tradition of ragging a tune. Louis Armstrong's New Orleans interweaves a searching account of early twentieth-century New Orleans with a narrative of the first twenty-one years of Armstrong's life. Drawing on a stunning body of first-person accounts, this book tells the rags-to-riches tale of Armstrong's early life and the social and musical forces that shaped him. The city and the musician are both extraordinary, their relationship unique, and their impact on American culture incalculable. 16 pages of illustrations.
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Good. Very Good Dust Jacket. 1st Printing. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp. 336. 386 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. Good dust jacket. Light bump / rounding to cloth at head / heel at spine. PLEASE NOTE: This is an EX-LIBRARY COPY. The name of the library is neatly stamped on the top and lower fore-edge and front end paper. No call number on the spine. No check-out pocket in the back.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 386 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Book Condition: Near fine. Clean interior pages and tight binding.
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Good Condition. 1st Edition. Has used bookstore stickers. Text has Marking, Cover Has Shelf, Edge and Corner Wear, Looks nice. 386 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Music. ISBN: 0393061094. ISBN/EAN: 9780393061093. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1561062367.
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