{"product_id":"pops-a-life-of-louis-armstrong","title":"Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong","description":"\u003cp\u003ePreviously Enjoyed Book: Good condition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"about-the-book\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more\" data-action=\"read-more\" data-overviewlongdescription=\"null\" data-aboutthebook=\"true\" id=\"product-description-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"aboutthebook\"\u003eLouis Armstrong is widely known as the greatest jazz musician of the twentieth century. He was a phenomenally gifted and imaginative artist, and an entertainer so irresistibly magnetic that he knocked the Beatles off the top of the charts four decades after he cut his first record. Offstage he was witty, introspective, and unexpectedly complex, a beloved colleague with an explosive temper whose larger-than-life personality was tougher and more sharp-edged than his worshiping fans ever knew.\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecritic Terry Teachout has drawn on a cache of important new sources unavailable to previous biographers, including hundreds of candid after-hours recordings made by Armstrong himself, to craft a sweeping new narrative biography. Certain to be the definitive word on Armstrong for our generation,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePops\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epaints a gripping portrait of the man, his world, and his music that will stand alongside Gary Giddins’s \u003cem\u003eBing Crosby\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eand Peter Guralnick’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLast Train to Memphis\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eas a classic biography of a major American musician.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"spec publisher-spec\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb class=\"label\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"value\"\u003eHarperCollins\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"spec shippingdimensions-spec\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb class=\"label\"\u003eShipping dimensions\u003c\/b\u003e:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"value\"\u003e8\" H x 5\" W x 1\" L\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"spec upc-spec\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb class=\"label\"\u003eISBN\u003c\/b\u003e:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"value\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bnc-ean\"\u003e9780547386379\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca class=\"bnc-link-anchor\" title=\"click to view bibliographic info\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Librairie Résonance Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51794832556164,"sku":null,"price":14.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0950\/9801\/1780\/files\/CFD7492C-78CA-4B9A-B6D3-EFA0DB19C651.jpg?v=1777148268","url":"https:\/\/librairieresonance.com\/products\/pops-a-life-of-louis-armstrong","provider":"Librairie Résonance Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}