Louis - by Max Jones & John Chilton (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>As trumpet player and singer, Louis Armstrong is the single most important figure in jazz history, and one of the most influential musicians--in any category--in this century. He was also, as this book relates, a wonderful character: actor, clown, raconteur, a tough kid when he came to Chicago from New Orleans who mellowed into one of the music's true statesmen. This biography includes not only a gripping narrative written by two of the most reliable jazz historians, but also a chronology, film list, and selection of photos. He was the most beloved of jazz musicians, a hero to everyone from Eddie Condon and Bobby Hackett to Miles Davis and Ornette Coleman. His basically happy life is here memorably told, with a new preface by Dan Morgenstern who describes Armstrong's central place in world music.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>This biography includes not only a gripping narrative written by two of the most reliable jazz historians, but also a chronology, film list, and selection of photos.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Max Jones</b> (1920-1993) wrote and broadcast about jazz from 1942 to his death. In the 1940s he cofounded <i>Jazz Music</i>, and he was the principal jazz contributor to the British magazine <i>Melody Maker</i> for forty years. <p/>A professional trumpeter and jazz writer, <b>John Chilton</b> is the author of <i>Billie's Blues, Who's Who of Jazz, </i>and with Max Jones, <i>Louis: The Louis Armstrong Story.</i>
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