[78-L] Louis Armstrong

[Cary Ginell]

I'm reading this book now. Got through the introduction, which paints a very realistic portrait of Armstrong, who is a lot more complex than most people realize. The title "Pops" is somewhat misleading, though, because although Armstrong was known by this name, he was more familiarly known as Satchmo. Pops was a name he, like Benny Goodman, used for people whose names he couldn't remember. But so far, the book is engrossing, thorough, and offers new insights not previously offered in other biographies (especially the myopic disaster by James Lincoln Collier). Will have to check in with the "Just a Gigolo" reference.

 

Cary Ginell
 
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> From: dialjazz at verizon.net
> Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:41:41 -0500
> Subject: [78-L] Louis Armstrong
> 
> Just out is a new book by Wall Street Journal columnist Terry Teachout 
> titled "Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong˘ Until I saw "Armstrong" in the 
> title, I thought it might be about Paul Whiteman. My question is this: 
> How many members of this site have heard the Armstrong recording "Just 
> a Gigolo" and remarked on the part of the lyrics where Armstrong says 
> ."just another jig I know?" I'm told this is not noted in Teachout's 
> book.
> Geoffrey Wheeler
 		 	   		  
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