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3) Satchmo
Series
Publisher
CMV
Pub. Date
c2000.
Language
English
Description
A film biography on the life and career of Louis Armstrong, featuring on-camera interviews, home movie footage, television and movie appearances, etc.
Author
Publisher
Broadway
Pub. Date
c1997.
Language
English
Description
Louis Armstrong was the founding father of jazz and one of this century's towering cultural figures. The musical talents of Satchmo - as Armstrong became universally known - were prodigious and groundbreaking. After learning to blow his horn in the bordellos and honky-tonks of Storyville, New Orleans's bustling red-light district, he honed his sound on a Mississippi riverboat and later became a featured solo trumpeter in the nightclub bands of Chicago...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Louis Armstrong was the greatest jazz musician of the twentieth century and a giant of modern American culture. Offstage he was witty, introspective and unexpectedly complex, a beloved colleague with an explosive temper whose larger-than-life personality was tougher and more sharp-edged than his worshipping fans ever knew. .
Author
Series
Last roundup volume 2
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Henry Smart is on the run from his Republican paymasters, the men for whom he had perpetrated murder and mayhem, fleeing from Dublin to Liverpool to Ellis Island, New York.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"This is the true story of Lil Hardin Armstrong: pianist, composer, and bandleader in the early days of jazz. Ahead of her time, Lil made a career for herself--and for Louis Armstrong, her modest, unassuming husband ... Scat-inspired verse celebrates how Lil overcame race and gender barriers to become the first lady of the Chicago jazz scene"--Publisher marketing.
13) Satchmo's blues
Author
Publisher
Doubleday Book for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
A fictional recreation of the youth of trumpeter Louis Armstrong in New Orleans.
Author
Publisher
RP Kids
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Prince charming, dragon slayer, mischievous prankster ... More often than not, these are the role-models boys encounter in the books they read at home and at school. As a boy, there is an assumption that you will conform to a stereotypical idea of masculinity. But what if you're the introvert kind? What if you prefer to pick up a book rather than a sword? What if you want to cry when you're feeling sad or angry? What if you like the idea of wearing...
Author
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Meet 50 super-inspiring kids! It's never too early--and you're never too young-- to make a difference in the world! The amazing musicians, writers, scientists, athletes, activists, and other fascinating kids in this book accomplished great feats by the age of eighteen. They impacted people's lives by coming up with new inventions, making art and music, competing in sports, and speaking out about important issues. Let their incredible stories inspire...
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