{"product_id":"pops-a-life-of-louis-armstrong-isbn-9780547386379","title":"Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong","description":"Louis Armstrong is widely known as the greatest jazz musician of the twentieth century. He was a phenomenally gifted and imaginative artist, and an entertainer so irresistibly magnetic that he knocked the Beatles off the top of the charts four decades after he cut his first record. 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 worshiping fans ever knew.\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e critic Terry Teachout has drawn on a cache of important new sources unavailable to previous biographers, including hundreds of candid after-hours recordings made by Armstrong himself, to craft a sweeping new narrative biography. Certain to be the definitive word on Armstrong for our generation, \u003cem\u003ePops\u003c\/em\u003e paints a gripping portrait of the man, his world, and his music that will stand alongside Gary Giddins’s \u003cem\u003eBing Crosby \u003c\/em\u003eand Peter Guralnick’s \u003cem\u003eLast Train to Memphis \u003c\/em\u003eas a classic biography of a major American musician.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\"Ultimately, Teachout's fine biography shows how much of Armstrong's love of music--and people--was behind that signature million-watt smile.\" -- \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e \"Teachout's portrait reminds us why we fell in love with Armstrong's music in the first place.\" --\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e \"A comprehensive, affectionate biography of arguably the single most important figure in the history of jazz...A rewarding jazz biography and a revealing look at a broad swath of American cultural history.\" --\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e \"Best of all, it smartly--and simply--finds unity in contradiction.\" --\u003cem\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/em\u003e \"Teachout delivers a taut and well-paced work that is astute in its critical judgments and gripping in its chronicle of the trumpeter's life and times.\" --\u003cem\u003eThe Weekly Standard   \u003c\/em\u003e\"...terrific biography...\" --\u003cem\u003eThe Sunday Times (UK)   \u003c\/em\u003e\"With 'Pops,' his eloquent and important new biography of Armstrong, the critic and cultural historian Terry Teachout restores this jazzman to his deserved place in the pantheon of American artists...\" --\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e \"With prodigious research and a good deal of stylistic grace, the cultural critic has produced a biography as definitive as it is incolclusive about the sources of Armstrong's artistic genius and contradictory personality.\" --\u003cem\u003eThe Cleveland Plain Dealer   \u003c\/em\u003e\"...the most comprehensive and pleasurable account yet of the trumpeter's complex life and personality. Teachout's vivid and accessible portrayal of Armstrong is one of the book's great pleasures: He will make a fan of the most skeptical reader.\" --\u003cem\u003eKansas City Star   \u003c\/em\u003e\"...compelling...\" --\u003cem\u003eThe Los Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003eTeachout adopts a sophisticated street-level style that mirrors what he loves best about the man known as Satchmo: Armstrong's ability (and willingness) to synthesize high and low culture for an audience as broad as his grin.\" --\u003cem\u003eTime Out New York   \u003c\/em\u003e\"...a masterpiece.\" \u003cem\u003e--Seattle Times   \u003c\/em\u003e\"Teachout excels at conveying the interplay between Armstrong the artist and Armstrong the entertainer, and at examining the particular challenge of his legacy.\" \u003cem\u003e--The New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44890133332197,"sku":"NP9780547386379","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780547386379.jpg?v=1730232600","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/pops-a-life-of-louis-armstrong-isbn-9780547386379","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}