Louis Armstrong

This book follows in Satchmo's footsteps - from 1901, when he was born the grandson of a slave, to his death in 1971, and the beginning of his immortal fame. Revealing archival photographs follow Louis through his early treks from town to town and his celluloid years in Hollywood, when he appeared in Pennies from Heaven (1936) and High Society (1956) among other movies. His arrival in Chicago, then New York, then Paris with his sextet, and his embrace of the Africa of his roots all have their place in this timeline.