{"product_id":"louis-armstrong-master-of-modernism-9780393065824","title":"Louis Armstrong, Master of Modernism","description":"Nearly 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. \u003cp\u003eThomas Brothers picks up where he left off with the acclaimed \u003cem\u003eLouis Armstrong's New Orleans\u003c\/em\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 \u003cem\u003etwo\u003c\/em\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\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eLouis Armstrong, Master of Modernism\u003c\/em\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/03\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393065824\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 608\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 2.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Pulitzer Prize - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2013 pg. 7\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/25\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/07\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2014 pg. 56\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooks \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2014 pg. 15\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Thomas Brothers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44833753432245,"sku":"9780393065824","price":33.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_b8ddf55f-640c-44bc-b7a2-ce8129888a8d.jpg?v=1732029985","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/louis-armstrong-master-of-modernism-9780393065824","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}