Die Jazzlegende Louis Armstrong erlangte als Trompeter, Sänger und Entertainer Weltruhm, viele seiner Songs und Interpretationen, wie etwa "What a Wonderful World", machten ihn unsterblich. Wolfram Knauer folgt den Stationen des Virtuosen, der sein Leben lang bescheiden blieb – New Orleans, Chicago, New York. Und er fahndet in seinen Aufnahmen von den 1920ern bis 1960ern nach den unverwechselbaren Eigenheiten seines Stils. Zugleich erzählt Armstrongs Lebensgeschichte von einem selbstbewussten Umgang mit dem alltäglichen Rassismus in den USA seiner Zeit und von der Bewusstwerdung der eigenen kulturellen Stärke des schwarzen Amerikas. Mit einer ausführlichen Armstrong-Playlist, die zu allen im Buch besprochenen Audio- und Videoaufnahmen führt. "Knauer versteht es, von einer lebendigen Musik lebendig zu erzählen." (DIE ZEIT)
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