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Informationen zum Autor Steven Brower is a seasoned writer and designer and creator of the award-winning book, Woody Guthrie Artworks. He has worked as an art director for a number of publications, most notably The New York Times and The Nation. He currently teaches design at various institutions. Hilton Als is a staff writer for the New Yorker. He is the author of The Women (1996) and was the recipient of the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism in 2002-03. Klappentext The quintessential American artist Louis Armstrong was born in 1901 in New Orleans and died in 1971 in New York City, where he had lived for many years in a modest house in Queens. The house is now a museum in his honour. It is generally accepted that he was the single greatest creative artist in the history of American jazz and American popular song. He was a vocal proponent of marijuana use; he was prolific in coining expressions that entered the general lexicon; he wrote long, colourful prose pieces about his experiences; and he made hundreds of collages that expressed in images his thoughts and memories and opinions. Everything he did was an extension of his artistry. Satchmo: The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong is a biography in the form of an art book. It tells the story of Armstrong's life through his writings, scrapbooks and artworks, much of which has never been published before. Zusammenfassung The quintessential American artist Louis Armstrong was born in 1901 in New Orleans and died in 1971 in New York City, where he had lived for many years in a modest house in Queens. The house is now a museum in his honour. This work tells the story of Armstrong's life through his writings, scrapbooks and artworks.
