Pops: A Life Of Louis Armstrong (2009) - Plot & Excerpts
In his exceptional biography of Louis Armstrong, Terry Teachout pointed out that jazz was in everything that Pops recorded. Even his poppiest hits including “Hello, Dolly!” and “What a Wonderful World,” Pops incorporated jazz elements into them. Pops is an engaging read as Teachout unfolds of the controversy of Armstrong’s “old-fashioned way of mixing high art with low comedy” and the dark side behind his happy face. Louis Armstrong has always been a favorite. This very complete biography traces Armstrong's life from his meager beginnings in New orleans, his stay at the Home for Waifs where he learned to love the cornet.No story or gig or recording is left untold as the book traces "Pops'" peripatetic exisitance, series of wives and his steady rise to the top of the jazz and pop world. He toured up to 300 nights per year and somehow managed to be thought of as a humble, relatively generous, everyman who made honey in the horn.
What do You think about Pops: A Life Of Louis Armstrong (2009)?
Just what I needed. And it does what such a book is supposed to do - makes me go back & listen.
—jpicard15
Great book about entertainer and musician who Accentuated the Positive
—mjtbamoosavi
