Who Was Louis Armstrong?

If not for a stint in reform school, young Louis Armstrong might never have become a musician. It was a teacher at the Colored Waifs Home who gave him a cornet, promoted him to band leader, and saw talent in the tough kid from the even tougher New Orleans neighborhood called Storyville. But it was Louis Armstrong's own passion and genius that pushed jazz into new and exciting realms with his amazing, improvisational trumpet playing. His seventy-year life spanned a critical time in American music as well as black history.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Workshop
Published: 01/01/2005
ISBN: 9780448433684
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.26lbs
Size: 7.64h x 5.36w x 0.26d

Review Citations: Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2005 pg. 400 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
Booklist 02/01/2005 pg. 980

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 85429 / Who Was Louis Armstrong?
Reading Level: 5.2 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 1