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Louis Armstrong by Laurence Bergreen

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Dec 11, 09

bookshelves: bins, favorite-americans, niew-amsterdam
Recommended for: anyone interseted in larger than life performers
Read in December, 2009

A thoroughly workmanlike account of the life of a truly great American: short on analysis, but rich in detail. I was struck by the parallels between Satchmo and that other towering figure of the Jazz Age, Babe Ruth; both men grew up in shambolic circumstances, both spending time in institutions where, amongst hardship and deprivation, they were given the chance to develop the skills with which they revolutionized their respective fields.

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