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.
The city and the musician are both extraordinary, their relationship unique, and their impact on American culture incalculable..
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.
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