{"product_id":"louis-armstrong-master-of-modernism-paperback-by-thomas-brothers","title":"Louis Armstrong Master of Modernism Paperback by Thomas Brothers","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eWW Norton\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2015-02-24)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e608\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780393350807\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e481.95\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e20.96 x 13.97 x 3.56\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize in Biography.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\"Profoundly evocative and altogether admirable…The writing and detail are so brilliant that I found the volume revelatory.\" —Tim Page, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNearly 100 years after bursting onto Chicago’s music scene under the tutelage of Joe \"King\" Oliver, Louis Armstrong is recognized as one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century. A trumpet virtuoso, seductive crooner, and consummate entertainer, Armstrong laid the foundation for the future of jazz with his stylistic innovations, but his story would be incomplete without examining how he struggled in a society seething with brutally racist ideologies, laws, and practices.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThomas Brothers picks up where he left off with the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eLouis Armstrong's New Orleans\u003c\/i\u003e, following the story of the great jazz musician into his most creatively fertile years in the 1920s and early 1930s, when Armstrong created not one but \u003ci\u003etwo\u003c\/i\u003e modern musical styles. Brothers wields his own tremendous skill in making the connections between history and music accessible to everyone as Armstrong shucks and jives across the page. Through Brothers's expert ears and eyes we meet an Armstrong whose quickness and sureness, so evident in his performances, served him well in his encounters with racism while his music soared across the airwaves into homes all over America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLouis Armstrong, Master of Modernism\u003c\/i\u003e blends cultural history, musical scholarship, and personal accounts from Armstrong's contemporaries to reveal his enduring contributions to jazz and popular music at a time when he and his bandmates couldn’t count on food or even a friendly face on their travels across the country. Thomas Brothers combines an intimate knowledge of Armstrong's life with the boldness to examine his place in such a racially charged landscape. In vivid prose and with vibrant photographs, Brothers illuminates the life and work of the man many consider to be the greatest American musician of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Brothers\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eHelp! The Beatles, Duke Ellington, and the Magic of Collaboration\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eLouis Armstrong’s New Orleans\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eLouis Armstrong, Master of Modernism\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. A professor of music at Duke University, he lives with his family in Durham, North Carolina.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46553152225441,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780393350807","price":22.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780393350807.jpg?v=1781728195","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/louis-armstrong-master-of-modernism-paperback-by-thomas-brothers","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}