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“The Armstrong Story”
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Abstract
This document, now housed in the Louis Armstrong House and Archives at Queens College/CUNY, overlaps slightly with the conclusion of Armstrong’s published autobiography of 1954, Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans. The present document begins and ends in mid-sentence; it is published here in its entirety. In the Appendix, I describe the relationships between Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans, the complete typescript for that book (a copy of which is now at the Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University}, and the present document. The present document covers Armstrong’s experiences in Chicago, from his arrival in August 1922 through 1924, including his marriage to Lil Hardin, which took place February 5, 1924. There are also digressions to earlier events in New Orleans and on the Streckfus riverboat.
Title: “The Armstrong Story”
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Abstract
This document, now housed in the Louis Armstrong House and Archives at Queens College/CUNY, overlaps slightly with the conclusion of Armstrong’s published autobiography of 1954, Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans.
The present document begins and ends in mid-sentence; it is published here in its entirety.
In the Appendix, I describe the relationships between Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans, the complete typescript for that book (a copy of which is now at the Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University}, and the present document.
The present document covers Armstrong’s experiences in Chicago, from his arrival in August 1922 through 1924, including his marriage to Lil Hardin, which took place February 5, 1924.
There are also digressions to earlier events in New Orleans and on the Streckfus riverboat.
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