What a wonderful world : the magic of Louis Armstrong's later years / Ricky Riccardi.
Riccardi, Ricky, 1980-
2011
ML419.A75 R47 2011 (Mapit)
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Title What a wonderful world : the magic of Louis Armstrong's later years / Ricky Riccardi.
Author Riccardi, Ricky, 1980-
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 9780307378446
0307378446
Imprint New York : Pantheon Books, c2011.
Language English
Description xxii, 369 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number ML419.A75 R47 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification 781.65092 B
Summary Much has been written about Louis Armstrong, but the majority of it focuses on the early and middle stages of his long career. Now, Ricky Riccardi--jazz scholar and musician--takes an in-depth look at the years in which Armstrong was often dismissed as a buffoonish, if popular, entertainer, and shows us instead the inventiveness and depth of expression that his music evinced during this time. These are the years (from after World War II until his death in 1971) when Armstrong entertained crowds around the world and recorded his highest-charting hits, including "Mack the Knife" and "Hello, Dolly!"; years when he collaborated with, among others, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, and Dave Brubeck; when he recorded with strings and big bands, and, of course, with the All Stars, his primary recording ensemble. Riccardi makes clear that these were years in which Armstrong enhanced his legacy as one of jazz's most influential figures.--From publisher description.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Birth of the All Stars
Europe, 1948
King of the Zulus, 1949
Decca days, 1950-1951
Personnel changes, 1951-1952
The King of Jazz meets the King of Swing, 1953
A brush with the law, 1953-1954
Columbia masterpieces, 1954-1955
Ambassador Satch, 1955-1956
Wrath of the critics, 1956
Showdown, 1957
The rigors of touring at home and abroad, 1957-1959
The vicissitudes of cardiac arrest, 1959-1960
From the Dukes of Dixieland to Dave Brubeck, 1960-1963
Hello, Dolly! 1964
From the Iron Curtain to the Crescent City, 1965-1966
What a wonderful world, 1967-1968
Winter of his discontent, 1968-1970
Good evening, everybody, 1970-1971.

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