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by: Alan Schroeder  
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Binding: PaperbackEAN: 9780440414728 ISBN: 0440414725 Label: Dragonfly Books Manufacturer: Dragonfly Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 32 Publication Date: January 12, 1999 Publisher: Dragonfly Books Reading Level: Ages 9-12 Release Date: January 12, 1999 Studio: Dragonfly Books Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Amazon.com: A storybook biography of Louis Armstrong's childhood, with wonderful illustrations by Floyd Cooper and an evocative and inspiring self-contained story by Alan Schroeder. Growing up in poverty in New Orleans, little Louis is obsessed by the haunting music of his neighborhood and dreams of making such sounds himself. After spying a battered horn in a pawnshop window he has to scavenge for all kinds of menial work to earn the elusively vast sum of $5 to buy it. But he does so, and the story ends with his euphoria as he starts to play real music. A brief author's note describes Satchmo's later international success. Product Description: On hot summer nights in New Orleans, a boy named Louis Armstrong would peek under the big swinging doors of Economy Hall and listen to the jazz band. The best night was Friday, when Bunk Johnson would blow his cornet till the roof trembled. At moments like those, Louis could feel his toes tingle. He wanted to be like Bunk Johnson; aim his horn straight up at the night sky and set the stars spinning. One day Louis saw a horn in a pawnshop window—a real brass cornet. The cardboard sign said $5. How could he ever come up with that much money? Every day Louis did what he could to earn that five dollars, and every day he practiced blowing his imaginary horn. It was a dream he would never give up. The vibrant, swinging world of New Orleans jazz seems to bounce off the pages in this tribute to an extraordinary young man. Louis Armstrong's dynamic personality and amazing trumpet playing would cast a spell on millions of people around the world, to whom he will always be the one and only Satchmo, the Ambassador of Jazz. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Good clean family funMy daughter is only two years old so i guess this purchase was a little premature on my part, but she still seems to dig it. For all parents looking to turn there children in jazz gaints this is a great place to start. 
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