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Who Was Louis Armstrong?

by Yona Zeldis McDonough
Kevin Pariseau
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If not for a stint in reform school, young Louis Armstrong might never have become a musician. It was a teacher at the Colored Waifs' Home who gave him a cornet, promoted him to band leader, and saw talent in the tough kid from the even tougher New Orleans neighborhood called Storyville. But it was Louis Armstrong's own passion and genius that pushed jazz into new and exciting realms with his amazing, improvisational trumpet playing. His seventy-year life spanned a critical time in American music as well as black history.
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Series: Who Was? Publisher: Books on Tape Edition: Unabridged

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  • ISBN: 9780525629665
  • File size: 25814 KB
  • Release date: March 26, 2019
  • Duration: 00:53:46

MP3 audiobook

  • ISBN: 9780525629665
  • File size: 25818 KB
  • Release date: March 26, 2019
  • Duration: 00:54:47
  • Number of parts: 1

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subjects

Biography & Autobiography Juvenile Nonfiction Music Geography

Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:780
Text Difficulty:3-4

If not for a stint in reform school, young Louis Armstrong might never have become a musician. It was a teacher at the Colored Waifs' Home who gave him a cornet, promoted him to band leader, and saw talent in the tough kid from the even tougher New Orleans neighborhood called Storyville. But it was Louis Armstrong's own passion and genius that pushed jazz into new and exciting realms with his amazing, improvisational trumpet playing. His seventy-year life spanned a critical time in American music as well as black history.
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Biography & Autobiography Juvenile Nonfiction Music Geography