If I Only Had a Horn: Young Louis Armstrong (Paperback)

from roseritacco

This is a book I would highly recommend, especially for those who want their students or children to break into the biography genre. This book allows the reader to get to know a little more about an important American musician as well as get a feel of what New Orleans was like in the early 20th c...

from Melissalorio

I like this book.Roxanne Orgill tells the story of a young Louis Armstrong, and what motivated him to begin his odyssey into musicianship. A combination of seeing music as a means to survival and the appreciation that came from living with jazz as a part of his life, Armstrong had a clear path to...

from kwalk3

This story is about the life of Louis Armstrong as a teenage boy and how hard he worked to become a successful musician.

from RebeccaMichelet

This book is about Louis Armstrong, and how he wanted to play the cornet like Joe Oliver. The story begins with Louis in his house in New Orleans looking for money for food. After he could not find any money, Louis and his sister went to an uncle's house where he hears Joe Oliver play nearby. On ...

from bekeelen

This relates how the famous jazz trumpeter began his musical career, as a poor boy in New Orleans, by singing songs on street cornors and playing a battered cornet in a marching band.