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The definitive account of Louis Armstrong—his life and legacy—during the most creative period of his career.

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"Thomas Brothers has brought together startling new discoveries and insights, a fresh look at hallowed recordings, and an understanding of the multifold influences that helped shape Louis Armstrong. In so doing, he has written by far the most complete and original look at an American icon whose influence continues into its second century." -- Loren Schoenberg, artistic director, the National Jazz Museum in Harlem
"Honest, uncompromising, and wholly sympathetic to its subject, Louis Armstrong, Master of Modernism is the ideal for jazz biography and criticism." -- Scott DeVeaux, author of The Birth of Bebop: A Social and Musical History
"Brothers proves his thesis and then some…an encyclopedic authority." -- C.W. Mahoney - American Spectator

Louis Armstrong Master of Modernism

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      Publisher WW Norton & Co
      Published 28 March 2014
      ISBN-13 9780393065824
      978-0393065824
      ISBN-10 0393065820
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The definitive account of Louis Armstrong—his life and legacy—during the most creative period of his career.

      Trade Review
      "Thomas Brothers has brought together startling new discoveries and insights, a fresh look at hallowed recordings, and an understanding of the multifold influences that helped shape Louis Armstrong. In so doing, he has written by far the most complete and original look at an American icon whose influence continues into its second century." -- Loren Schoenberg, artistic director, the National Jazz Museum in Harlem
      "Honest, uncompromising, and wholly sympathetic to its subject, Louis Armstrong, Master of Modernism is the ideal for jazz biography and criticism." -- Scott DeVeaux, author of The Birth of Bebop: A Social and Musical History
      "Brothers proves his thesis and then some…an encyclopedic authority." -- C.W. Mahoney - American Spectator

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