Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings /

Harker, Brian.

Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings / Brian Harker. - New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. - 192 p. ; 21 cm. - Oxford studies in recorded jazz . - Oxford studies in recorded jazz. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings, Brian Harker strikes a unique balance between 1920s views of jazz and those of today. For the first time Armstrong's technical achievements are placed in a meaningful cultural context, yielding unexpected insights into these seminal documents of early jazz.

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Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 --Criticism and interpretation.


Hot Five--Discography.
Hot Seven--Discography.


Jazz--History and criticism.--1921-1930
Music.

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