Brothers, Thomas - Louis Armstrong, In His Own Words

This book includes previously unpublished essays, letters, and memoirs written by one of the giants of American music. Armstrong recounts his early life in New Orleans, his experiences in Chicago and New York during the 1920s, his infamous crowning as King of the Zulus, and his late years in Queens, New York. Here is a little-known dimension of Louis Armstrong that will stand as a treasure for the history of jazz and, indeed, the history of American culture.

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CONTENTS

Seing a Lot of Type Writing: An Introduction to Louis Armstrong's Writings
Editorial Policy
Acknowledgments
Home Sweet Home: Childhood and Apprenticeship in New Orleans1 Louis Armstrong + the Jewish Family in New Orleans, La., the Year of 1907 (March 31, 1969-1970)
2 Joe Oliver is Still King (1950)
3 Bunk Didn't Teach Me (1950)
4 Letter to Isidore Barbarin (September 1, 1922)
Some Kind of a God: Chicago, New York, and California, 1922-19315 The Armstrong Story (1954)
6 Letters to Robert Goffin (May 7 and July 19, 1944)
7 The Goffin Notebooks (ca. 1944)
8 The Satchmo Story (early 1959)
9 Jazz on a High Note (1951)
Book Anywhere - Anytime: Life on the Road during the 1940s and 1950s10 Early Years with Lucille (ca. 1970)
11 Letter to Leonard Feather (September 18, 1941)
12 Letter to Betty Jane Holder (February 9, 1952)
13 Letter to Joe Glaser (August 2, 1955)
14 Lombardo Grooves Louis! (1949)
Music Has No Age: Late Years in Corona, New York15 Letter to L/Cpl. Villec (1967)
16 Scanning the History of Jazz (1960)
17 Our Neighbourhood (ca. 1970)
18 Open Letter to Fans (June 1, 1970)
19 Goodbye to All of You (1969)