{"product_id":"louis-armstrong-by-hugues-panassie","title":"'Louis Armstrong' by Hugues Panassié","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"qMYqUG_convSearchResultHighlightRoot\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a13ebf1-e3bc-83ec-8e04-eb5854921a4e-13\" data-is-intersecting=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-6a13ebf1-e3bc-83ec-8e04-eb5854921a4e-13\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a13ebf1-e3bc-83ec-8e04-eb5854921a4e-13\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-158\" data-scroll-anchor=\"false\" data-turn=\"assistant\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"6257cec4-f568-4993-8aec-bec265148c15\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-5-thinking\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"436\"\u003eHugues Panassié’s \u003cem data-start=\"30\" data-end=\"47\"\u003eLouis Armstrong\u003c\/em\u003e is a compact, admiring study of Armstrong as musician, performer, and social presence.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"436\"\u003eHe goes deep into his New Orleans childhood, how he became a trumpet player, a singer, then suddenly the global figure who somehow remained attached to the world that made him. Panassié writes as a jazz critic of the old school — reverent, opinionated, occasionally florid, and very much writing from inside the mid-century cult of jazz greatness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"438\" data-end=\"987\"\u003ePanassié was one of the major early European jazz critics, especially associated with traditional jazz and deeply resistant to bebop and later modern forms. That makes this book interesting not only as an Armstrong biography, but as a document of jazz criticism itself: full of devotion, hierarchy, argument, and the slightly insane confidence of men who believed civilisation could be sorted by horn tone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"438\" data-end=\"987\"\u003eA useful little artefact for readers interested in Armstrong, early jazz writing, New Orleans music history, and the making of jazz mythology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"438\" data-end=\"987\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback. English-language edition published simultaneously in the United States and Canada, copyright 1971 Hugues Panassié; French-language edition first published in Paris in 1969. Printed in the United States. Fair shelf wear\/creasing and rubbing, especially to edges; internally clean from photos.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44782085111891,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Your_paragraph_text_-_2026-05-29T145440.027.png?v=1780030520","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/louis-armstrong-by-hugues-panassie","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}