About the book
If not for a stint in reform school, young Louis Armstrong might never have become a musician. It was a teacher at the Colored Waifs Home who gave him a cornet, promoted him to band leader, and saw talent in the tough kid from the even tougher New Orleans neighborhood called Storyville. But it was Louis Armstrong's own passion and genius that pushed jazz into new and exciting realms with his amazing, improvisational trumpet playing. His seventy-year life spanned a critical time in American music as well as black history.
Editions of Who Was Louis Armstrong?
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780448433684
- AltFormat
- ISBN 9780448435602
- EBook
- ISBN 9781101639962
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9780525629658
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9780525629665
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If not for a stint in reform school, young Louis Armstrong might never have become a musician. It was a teacher at the Colored Waifs Home who gave him a cornet, promoted him to band leader, and saw talent in the tough kid from the even tougher New Orleans neighborhood called Storyville. But it was Louis Armstrong's own passion and genius that pushed jazz into new and exciting realms with his amazing, improvisational trumpet playing. His seventy-year life spanned a critical time in American music as well as black history.
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What is Who Was Louis Armstrong? about?
If not for a stint in reform school, young Louis Armstrong might never have become a musician. It was a teacher at the Colored Waifs Home who gave him a cornet, promoted him to band leader, and saw talent in the tough kid from the even tougher New Orleans neighborhood called Storyville. But it was Louis Armstrong's own passion and genius that pushed jazz into new and exciting realms with his amazing, improvisational trumpet playing. His seventy-year life spanned a critical time in American music as well as black history.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Who Was Louis Armstrong??
Children’s, Teenage and Educational > Children’s / Teenage: General interest > Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography
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Is Who Was Louis Armstrong? part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series Who Was?
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Who Was Louis Armstrong??
Yona Zeldis McDonough
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Who Was Louis Armstrong? is available as paperback(ISBN 9780448433684) and altformat(ISBN 9780448435602) and ebook(ISBN 9781101639962) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780525629658) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780525629665)
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