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Swing That Music  Louis
Armstrong (foreword by Dan Morgenstern)Da Capo, 1998 Paperback. 156pp £13.50 
The first autobiography
of a jazz musician, published in 1936, Louis Armstrong's
Swing that Music is a milestone in jazz literature. Listen
as Louis described his days on Chicago's South Side with King Oliver, and
his courtship and marriage to Lil Hardin. In his distinctive voice, as alive
and ebullient as his stage presence, he relates his 1929 move to New York
and the formation of his own band, his European tours and his international
success. With a foreword by Dan Morgenstern that outlines the history of
the book and its contributors, this is an irresistible autobiography as
well as a spirited defence of the music that Armstrong, more than anyone,
would transform into the art of jazz.
"No him, no me." - DIZZY GILLESPIE |
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