Satchmo (Da Capo Paperback)
"By far the most revealing document yet on Louis Armstrong's early life and his view of music in the world, Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans is also a pleasure to read." --Martin Williams"Compelling autobiography." --Chicago Tribune"It is refreshing indeed to dig this unpretentious, rough-hewn, honest-to-badness memoir." --New York Times"With the inimitable style and love for life he brought to everything he did, Armstrong tells the story of how he grew up in circumstances we have been conditioned to perceive as sordid and depraved. Is human character the product of environment? Read Satchmo and find out." --Dan Morgenstern