Struttin' with Some Barbecue: Lil Harden Armstrong Becomes the First Lady of Jazz
Patricia Hruby Powell,Rachel Himes
Struttin’ with Some Barbecue: Lil Harden Armstrong Becomes the First Lady of Jazz
Patricia Hruby Powell,Rachel Himes
Lil Hardin and her man, Louis Armstrong, were musical royalty–inventing a new kind of sound–makin’ jazz. Believe it, baby!
This is the true story of Lil Hardin Armstrong: pianist, composer, and bandleader in the early days of jazz. Ahead of her time, Lil made a career for herself–and for Louis Armstrong, her modest, unassuming husband. Louis might never have become the groundbreaking jazz player he was, if it hadn’t been for Lil. Scat-inspired verse celebrates how Lil overcame race and gender barriers to become the first lady of the Chicago jazz scene.
Brimming with a contagious love of jazz and its first lady, this work brings down the house –Kirkus Reviews, STARRED review
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