Duke University music professor examines the life, career, and influence of jazz trumpeter and bandleader Louis Armstrong (1901-1971). This exhaustively researched work documents Armstrong's stellar rise in  the music scenes of Chicago and New York City and discusses his singular contributions to  the establishment of jazz as a musical art form.

Available to registered recipients of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped through their lending library and also as a download to registered BARD  users: DB 78244. Read by Bob Moore, reading time 23 hours, 3 minutes.

A production of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress. Recorded from ISBN: 9780393065824, W. W. Norton, New York, 2014.  Full audio with structure. System requirements: NLS authorized ANSI/NISO Z39.86-2002 digital talking book (dtb) player compatible with NLS flash cartridges. Web version requires computer with Internet access, BARD password and NLS authorized digital talking book player. Contact the Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library or the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, for more information.