Louis Armstrong: The Offstage Story of Satchmo.(Book Review)

From: Notes | Date: December 1, 2004| Author: Hoek, D.J. | Copyright information

Louis Armstrong: The Offstage Story of Satchmo. By Michael Cogswell. Portland, OR: Collector's Press, 2003. [192 p. ISBN 1-888054-81-6. $39.95.] Illustrations, index.

Although Louis Armstrong is a familiar figure whose music is distinguished for both its innovation and broad appeal, most admirers are probably not aware that the trumpeter, singer, and bandleader was also "a delightfully eccentric pack rat" (p. 8). Throughout the years, and particularly during the three de...

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