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The Young Louis Armstrong on Records. A Critical Survey of the Early Recordings, 1923-1928.
Edward Brooks
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Description for The Young Louis Armstrong on Records. A Critical Survey of the Early Recordings, 1923-1928.
Hardback. This is a critical survey and discography of Louis Armstrong's most formative phase - the period during which he worked alongside such luminaries as King Oliver, Bessie Smith, Sidney Bechet, Fletcher Henderson and Earl Hines. Series: Studies in Jazz. Num Pages: 568 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; AVGJ; AVH; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 143 x 34. Weight in Grams: 726.
Comprehensive chronological survey and analysis of every recording on which Louis Armstrong played during the period 1923 to 1928. Armstrong's immense impact on the evolution of jazz is found primarily in these early recordings, and Brooks's close examination of this period is important, as much of this influence becomes obscured by later recordings. Glossary, bibliography, and title index.
Comprehensive chronological survey and analysis of every recording on which Louis Armstrong played during the period 1923 to 1928. Armstrong's immense impact on the evolution of jazz is found primarily in these early recordings, and Brooks's close examination of this period is important, as much of this influence becomes obscured by later recordings. Glossary, bibliography, and title index.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
568
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Jazz
Number of Pages
568
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810840737
SKU
V9780810840737
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About Edward Brooks
Edward Brooks, currently a freelance writer, has written for the BBC and other magazines. He is also the author of The Bessie Smith Companion and Influence and Assimilation in Louis Armstrong's Cornet and Trumpet World..
Reviews for The Young Louis Armstrong on Records. A Critical Survey of the Early Recordings, 1923-1928.
Analyzes, in great depth, all of Louis Armstrong's recordings from the earliest with King Oliver up until 1928.
New Orleans Music
...this is the sort of monograph that gets me excited because it's a measure of how much jazz has come to be accepted as a discipline for serious study and analysis....If you have a pretty healthy holding ... Read more
New Orleans Music
...this is the sort of monograph that gets me excited because it's a measure of how much jazz has come to be accepted as a discipline for serious study and analysis....If you have a pretty healthy holding ... Read more