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Just for a Thrill: Lil Hardin Armstrong, First Lady of Jazz
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Author
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James L. Dickerson.
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Publisher
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Cooper Square
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Format
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hardcover
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Product Dimensions
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9.25
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6.25
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0.8
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ISBN
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9780815411956
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Pages/Publication Date
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243/2002
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Daedalus Item Code
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12539
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$26.95
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Description
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"When the young Louis Armstrong arrived in Chicago to play second cornet in King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, he was first given the once-over and then the cold shoulder by the band's 20-year-old piano player, Lil Hardin (a.k.a. 'hot Miss Lil'). Armstrong's playing, clowning, and childhood demons, however, gradually led her to regard him more favorably and eventually to become his second wife. Unfortunately for both of them, other women also found themselves drawn to Louis, and the result was a largely unhappy story turning on bad decisions, blind spots, and lost opportunities. [James] Dickerson (Colonel Tom Parker) here combines biography with cultural history, making Lil the central character of a host of jazz musicians, managers, booking agents, nightclub owners, gangsters, and record company executives. This is Lil's story, to be sure, handled with intelligence and sensitivity, but in a broader sense it is also that of Chicago and Memphis jazz."—Library Journal
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