Louis Armstrong Terry Teachout Analysis

The author of this fantastic book is Terry Teachout, who is the drama critic of the Wall Street Journal, the chief culture critic of Commentary, along with being the author of "Sightings" an arts column for the Saturday Journal. Teachout had multiple reasons for writing this book as he states in pages 380-382 "One of the purposes of this book is to explain to the new generation why he knows of no man for whom I had more admiration and respect. Also to people like my mother and many of his other fans could know more about the man who they loved."
Louis Armstrong is one of the most significant figures in the entire genre of jazz due to his pure determination to defy all the odds stacked against him from the day he was born furthermore Armstrong …show more content…
While also going into full musical analysis never before released music pieces from just Armstrong himself, but unlike other musical biographies that dive deep into the analysis that end up getting the average reader lost and turn them away Teachout’s discussion is intriguing due to the fact whether you're a fan of jazz or not, just learning the story of how a boy who came from nothing rose to the heights of superstardom while becoming one of the most legendary, influential artists in …show more content…
Teachout’s biography does what other biographies couldn't do for Armstrong, that was having a significant insight into his life that fans could learn more about the icon. Its value as a resource for Jazz history is a high regard as a result of it piecing together every detail mentioned in other biographies of Armstrong while also tying together never before seen recordings and information to complete his life story, Pops is a marvelous book for fans and casual readers as it is extremely interesting yet straightforward to follow