Chronicles the life of American jazz performer and composer from his life as a young trumpet player in the bordellos of New Orleans, to his rise to become one of the most noted jazz performers of the twentieth century. Includes a listing of his jazz recordings.
An illustrated, year-by-year chronicle of the life of trumpet player Louis Armstrong from his birth in New Orleans in 1901 to his death in 1971; with a selection of photographs and quotations from people who knew and worked with the legendary jazzman.
