@article{337970,
      recid = {337970},
      author = {Teachout, Terry.},
      title = {Pops : a life of Louis Armstrong /},
      publisher = {Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,},
      address = {Boston :},
      pages = {xii, 475 p. :},
      year = {2009},
      abstract = {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. Wall  Street Journal arts columnist Terry Teachout has drawn on  new sources unavailable to previous biographers, including  hundreds of private recordings of backstage and after-hours  conversations, to craft a sweeping new narrative biography  of this towering figure that shares, for the first time,  full, accurate versions of such storied events as  Armstrong's quarrel with President Eisenhower and his  decision to break up his big band.--From publisher  description.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/337970},
}