Pops [DAISY talking book] : a life of Louis Armstrong

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Title:

Author:

Teachout, Terry.

Publication Date:

2010

Publication Information:

Toronto : CNIB, 2010.

Physical Description:

1 computer laser optical disc (22 hrs., 39 min.) : sd. ; 4 3/4 in.

ISBN:

9780616573860

Abstract:

Louis Armstrong is considered one of the greatest jazz musicians of the twentieth century, a gifted and imaginative artist who also created collages and wrote an autobiography. Teachout's biography draws on hundreds of reels of recordings of backstage and after-hour conversations that Armstrong made throughout his career, newly uncovered material about Armstrong's early life, and Armstrong's own writings. Some strong language. c2009.

General Note:

Digital audiobook in DAISY format

Search and access by headings, index, bibliography, source notes, photo credits, and pages.

Index, bibliography, source notes, and photo credits produced in synthetic speech.

Performers:

Desmond Scott.

Contents:

Bastards from the start : apprenticeship in New Orleans, 1901-1919 -- All those tall buildings : leaving home, 1919-1924 -- A flying cat : Harlem and Chicago, 1924-1927 -- It's got to be art : with Earl Hines, 1928 -- The way a trumpet should play : on the move, 1929-1930 -- Don't let 'em cool off, boys : on the run, 1930-1932 -- I didn't blow the horn : crisis, 1932-1935 -- Always have a white man : with Joe Glaser, 1935-1938 -- The people who criticize : losing touch, 1938-1947 -- Keep the horn percolating : renewal, 1947-1954 -- The nice taste we leave : ambassador Satch, 1954-1963 -- I don't sigh for nothing : at the top, 1963-1971.

Technical Details:

DAISY 2.02 standard; MP3 compression at 32 kbps.

Personal Subject:

Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971.

Subject Term:

Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography.

Genre:

Talking books.

Language:

English

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