Louis Armstrong

"In all my whole career the Brick House was one of the toughest joints I ever played in. It was the honky-tonk where levee workers would congregate every Saturday night and trade with the gals who'd stroll up and down the floor and the bar. Those guys would drink and fight one another like circle saws. Bottles would come flying over the bandstand like crazy, and there was lots of just plain common shooting and cutting. But somehow all that jive didn't faze me at all, I was so happy to have some place to blow my horn." So says Louis Armstrong, a tough kid who just happened to be a musical genius, about one of the places where he performed and grew up. This raucous, rich tale of his early days in New Orleans concludes with his departure to Chicago at twenty-one to play with his boyhood idol King Oliver, and tells the story of a life that began, mythically, on July 4, 1900, in the city that sowed the seeds of jazz.

My Life in New Orleans

Satchmo

This unparalleled collection of Louis Armstrong's candid writings reveals a side of the artist not many people knew. Here are Armstrong's own thoughts on his life and career: from poverty in New Orleans to playing in the famous cafes, cabarets, and saloons of Storyville; from his big break in 1922 with the King Oliver band to his storming of New York; from his breaking of color barriers in Hollywood to the infamous King of the Zulus incident in 1949; and finally, to his last days in Queens, New York. Providing a balanced portrait of his life as a musician, entertainer, civil rights activist, and cultural icon, these writings reveal Armstrong's candid, often controversial, opinions about racism, marijuana, bebop, and other jazz artists such as Jerry Roll Morton and Coleman Hawkins. ... Publisher description.

Selected Writings

Louis Armstrong, in His Own Words

Satchmo; My Life in New Orleans

(Artist Transcriptions). The All Music Guide regards trumpet virtuoso Louis Armstrong as "the most important musician in (jazz's) history." This great songbook features note-for-note transcriptions of this legend's trumpet playing on 16 songs he's famous for: Basin Street Blues * Cornet Chop Suey * Gut Bucket Blues * Hotter Than Hot * Shine * Tiger Rag * When the Saints Go Marching In * and more. Includes a bio and discography.

Artist Transcriptions - Trumpet

The Louis Armstrong Collection (Songbook)

(Artist Transcriptions). The All Music Guide regards trumpet virtuoso Louis Armstrong as "the most important musician in (jazz's) history." This collection assembles note-for-note transcriptions of his trumpet playing on 16 fantastic standards: Ain't Misbehavin' * All of Me * Body and Soul * Hello, Dolly! * Lazy River * Mack the Knife * Stardust * and more. Includes a bio and discography.

Louis Armstrong Plays Standards (Songbook)

Terry Shand

Jimmy Eaton

This Ebook contains the score of the song in F-Major. It includes Piano, Vocals & Chords. The musical genre is Traditional Pop. Die Originalversion von "I Double Dare You" wurde 1937 veröffentlicht und gehört heutzutage zum Popular Standard. In den letzten Jahrzehnten wurden zahlreiche Bearbeitungen des Songs angefertigt. Die bekannteste Version stammt von Louis Armstrong. In dieser Ausgabe sind die Klaviernoten im Violin- und Bassschlüssel enthalten. Text, Akkorde und Gesangsmelodie sind separat notiert.

as performed by Louis Armstrong and many other artists, Popular Standard, Single Songbook

I Double Dare You

Benny Goodman

Jimmy Mc Hugh

Dorothy Fields

Count Basie

This Ebook contains the score of the song in C-Major. It includes Piano, Vocals & Chords. The musical genre is Traditional Pop. Die Originalversion von "Exactly like you" wurde 1930 veröffentlicht. Von verschiedenen Künstlern wurden in den letzten Jahrzehnten zahlreiche erfolgreiche Bearbeitungen des Songs angefertigt. Es existieren Versionen von Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodmann, Count Basie, Bing Crosby und zahlreichen anderen Künstlern. In dieser Ausgabe sind die Klaviernoten im Violin- und Bassschlüssel enthalten. Text, Akkorde und Gesangsmelodie sind separat notiert.

as performed by Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Count Basie and many other artists, Single Songbook

Exactly Like You

Leslie Gourse

Based on dozens of interviews, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the diverse performers who inherited Stachmo's legacy and made it their own.

Louis Armstrong

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