Stomp Off, Let's Go
The Early Years of Louis Armstrong
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 12 June 2025
- ISBN 9780197614488
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages488 pages
- Size 236x165x25 mm
- Weight 771 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 40 color illustrations 700
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Short description:
In Stomp Off, Let's Go, author Ricky Riccardi offers a fresh take on the most widely discussed period of Louis Armstrong's life. Tracing the trumpeter's meteoric rise to fame from childhood in New Orleans all the way to Chicago, where he changed the course of music with the Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings, Riccardi foregrounds the voices of Armstrong and his contemporaries to explore Armstrong's path and relationships more intimately, in turn providing essential insights into how Armstrong rose to become one of America's most beloved icons.
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The revelatory origin story of one of America's most beloved musicians, Louis Armstrong
How did Louis Armstrong become Louis Armstrong?
In Stomp Off, Let's Go, author and Armstrong expert Ricky Riccardi tells the enthralling story of the iconic trumpeter's meteoric rise to fame. Beginning with Armstrong's youth in New Orleans, Riccardi transports readers through Armstrong's musical and personal development, including his initial trip to Chicago to join Joe "King" Oliver's band, his first to New York to meet Fletcher Henderson, and his eventual return to Chicago, where he changed the course of music with the Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings.
While this period of Armstrong's life is perhaps more familiar than others, Riccardi enriches extant narratives with recently unearthed archival materials, including a rare draft of pianist, composer, and Armstrong's second wife Lillian "Lil" Hardin Armstrong's autobiography. Riccardi similarly tackles the perceived notion of Armstrong as a "sell-out" during his later years, highlighting the many ways in which Armstrong's musical style and personal values in fact remained steady throughout his career. By foregrounding the voices of Armstrong and his contemporaries, Stomp Off, Let's Go offers a more intimate exploration of Armstrong's personal and professional relationships, in turn providing essential insights into how Armstrong evolved into one of America's most beloved icons.
Mr. Riccardi's account brings to light new pieces of information - including a little-known interview with Armstrong's sister, recorded in 1973, and unpublished chapters from the autobiography of his second wife, Lil Hardin Armstrong - that add depth to what we already know... Delightful.
Table of Contents:
Prologue - "My Whole Life, My Whole Soul, My Whole Spirit"
1. "A Firecracker Baby!" - 1901-1906
2. "Everything Happened in the Brick Row" - 1906-1910
3. "Like a Human Being"- 1910-1911
4. "Nothing Could Stop Him" - 1911-1912
5. "Blessed Assurance" - 1912
6. "Hooray for Louis Armstrong!" - 1913-14
7. "I Would Gladly Live It Over Again" - 1914
8. "Destined to be Great" - 1914-1915
9. "The Memory of the Bullies and Trouble Makers" - 1916
10. "My Fairy God Father" - 1916-17
11. "Just Wasn't My Time to Die, Man" - 1917
12. "Had to Eat" - 1917-18
13. "Nothing But Fuck and Fight" - 1918-19
14. "They Loved Us" - 1919
15. "Descending the Sky Like a God" - 1919-21
16. "Son, You Got a Chance" - 1921-22
17. "I Always Played Pretty Under Him" - 1922
18. "The Hot Miss Lil" - 1922-23
19. "He's Got to be Better" - 1923-1924
20. "Second Trumpet to No One" - 1924
21. "Big Headed Motherfuckers" - 1924-25
22. "I Know I Can Play and I Know I Can Sing" - 1925
23. "The World's Greatest Jazz Cornetist" - 1925-1926
24. "I Got the Heebies" - 1926
25. "The Latest Novelty" - 1926
26. "Just Keep on Blowing" - 1927
27. "Awful Glorious Days" - 1927-28
28. "A Record of Importance" - 1928
29. "Louis Had Changed the Whole World" - 1929
Epilogue - "I Never Did Leave New Orleans"
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