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The hosts highlighted the book as a deep dive into Armstrong's rough childhood and his pioneering early recordings, showing how his work with the Hot Five and Hot Seven reshaped improvisation amid segregation in New Orleans. Ricky Riccardi was interviewed and his research was praised for connecting the music to broader historical contexts, making the title a valuable resource for listeners interested in the trumpeter’s formative years.
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Riccardi's new book explored Armstrong's rough childhood and early recordings, focusing on the early years of his career.
The new book is called Stomp Off, Let's Go, which is also the title of a song Armstrong wrote.
This new one is called Stomp Off, Let's Go, The Early Years of Louis Armstrong.
author of the new book Stomp Off, Let's Go, The Early Years of Lewis Armstrong.
Ricky Riccardi's latest book about Armstrong is titled Stomp Off, Let's Go. The Early Years of Louis Armstrong.
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The book explored Armstrong's early years, his rough childhood, and his pioneering recordings with the Hot Five and Hot Seven, highlighting how those sessions shaped improvisation. It connected his music to the broader context of segregation in early20thcentury New Orleans.
We talk with Ricky Riccardi, author of Stomp Off, Let's Go! The Early Years of Louis Armstrong.
The new book is called Stomp Off, Let's Go, which is the title of a song he recorded with another band led by Erskine Tate.
Ricky Riccardi's new book is Stomp Off, Let's Go, the early years of Lewis Armstrong.
Episode: How Louis Armstrong Became The First Black Pop Sta...
Riccardi published his third book about Louis Armstrong, focusing on Armstrong's early years, rough childhood, and his first recordings with the Hot Five and Hot Six.
Through writing about Armstrong, Riccardi's new book has a lot to say about segregation in New Orleans in the first part of the 20th century. The new book is called Stomp Off Let's Go, which is the title of a song he recorded with another band led by Erskine Tate.
We need to take another break here. So let me reintroduce you. If you're just joining us, my guest is Ricky Riccardi. He's the author of the new book, Stomp Off, Let's Go, The Early Years of Louis Armstrong.
my guest is Ricky Riccardi, author of the new book, Stomp Off, Let's Go.
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The title was highlighted when previewing an upcoming interview with the author about early Louis Armstrong years.
author of Stomp Off, Let's Go, the early years of Louis Armstrong.