Louis Armstrong’s New Orleans (W.W. Norton 2006)
“Superb history and a rocking good read.”
– Jason Berry, New York Times Book Review
“The best book ever produced about Louis Armstrong by anyone other than the man himself.”—Terry Teachout, Commentary
Place this book at the core of jazz and American culture collections, and don’t expect it to be displaced–ever. Ray Olson Booklist
Interview with Tom for Jerry Jazz:
https://jerryjazzmusician.com/2006/06/thomas-brothers-author-of-louis-armstrongs-new-orleans/
Reviews:
By Brian Harker in Journal of the American Musicological Society Spring 2008, v. 61 n. 1.
By Jason Berry in New York Times Book Review (April 23 2006).
By Burton Peretti in The Historian, v. 69 no. 4, Winter 2007, 768-9.
By Helen Taylor, Journal of American Studies August 2007, v. 41:2.
By Raymond Nussbaum, Journal of African American History Summer 2007, v. 92: 3, 441-3.
Top Ten African-American Nonfiction for 2006, Booklist.
Top Ten Arts Books, 2006, Booklist.
Editor’s Choice 2006, Booklist.
