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Louis Armstrong was the founding father of jazz and one of this century's towering cultural figures. His musical innovation and exuberance made him a household name, yet the full story of his extravagant life has never been told. Now, drawing on a vast, previously unexplored archive of Armstrong's writings and recordings, acclaimed biographer Laurence Bergreen presents an intimate, provocative, and definitive portrait of the legendary musician. Bergreen's enthusiasm for Satchmo--as Armstrong became universally known--enlivens every page of this compulsively readable book, and reveals as never before the charismatic figure who forever changed the face of music. |
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