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Index
Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Contents
A Note on the Text
Prologue: “The Cause of Happiness”
1. “Bastards from the Start” Apprenticeship in New Orleans, 1901–1919
2. “All Those Tall Buildings” Leaving Home, 1919–1924
3. “A Flying Cat” Harlem and Chicago, 1924–1927
4. “It’s Got to Be Art” With Earl Hines, 1928
5. “The Way a Trumpet Should Play” On the Move, 1929–1930
6. “Don’t Let ’Em Cool Off, Boys” On the Run, 1930–1932
7. “I Didn’t Blow the Horn” Crisis, 1932–1935
8. “Always Have a White Man” With Joe Glaser, 1935–1938
9. “The People Who Criticize” Losing Touch, 1938–1947
10. “Keep the Horn Percolating” Renewal, 1947–1954
11. “The Nice Taste We Leave” Ambassador Satch, 1954–1963
12. “I Don’t Sigh for Nothing” At the Top, 1963–1971
Afterword
Appendix: Thirty Key Recordings by Louis Armstrong
Source Notes
Select Bibliography
Photo Credits
Index
About the Author
Copyright
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