The fascinating story of how creative cooperation inspired two of the world’s most celebrated musical acts.

Thomas Brothers picks up where he left off with the acclaimed Louis Armstrong's New Orleans, following the story of the great jazz musician into his most creatively fertile years in the 1920s and early 1930s, when Armstrong created not one ...

Drawing on first-person accounts, this book tells the rags-to-riches tale of Louis Armstrong's early life and the social and musical forces in New Orleans that shaped him, their unique relationship, and their impact on American culture.

The fascinating story of how creative cooperation inspired two of the world’s most celebrated musical acts.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1840.

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