{"product_id":"15693-armstrong-louis-panassie-hugues-louis-armstrong-l-homme-le-style-l-oeuvre-signed-and-inscribed-by-the-author","title":"[Armstrong, Louis. (1901–1971)] Panassié, Hugues. (1912–1974) \"Louis Armstrong: L'homme, le style, l'oeuvre\" - Signed and Inscribed by the Author","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eEarly biography of the great Satchmo, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e1st edition of the premiere volume of the wonderful \"Les Maitres du Jazz\" series, \u003c\/span\u003esigned and inscribed by the author, jazz critic and impresario Hugues Panassié, to his colleague Michel de Bry, \"this new work from a too fertile author!\" 8vo. 107 pp. Softcover in black and yellow illustrated wrappers. Scattered foxing to jacket and fore-edge, light dampstaining to outer margin of first approx. 30 pp, small tear upper left jacket spine, else fine. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAn extraordinary association copy from the collection of the Parisian art dealer and collector Michel de Bry, who together with the legendary jazz impresario Hugues Panassié, organized the 1948 Festival International du Jazz in Nice. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ePanassié was \u003cspan\u003ethe founding president of the \u003c\/span\u003eHot Club de France\u003cspan\u003e (1932), the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eman almost solely responsible for bringing jazz to France. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn a changing world of jazz, Panassié was an ardent exponent of traditional jazz — strictly \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDixieland — and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e famously dismissed \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebebop\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e as \"a form of music distinct from jazz.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe harbored a particular love of style similar to that of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLouis Armstrong\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e from the 1930s and criticized \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWest Coast jazz\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e as inauthentic, partly because most musicians were white and also \"sounded white.\"  Despite his \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etraditionalist views on the art form, his influence on the reception of jazz in France, and in shaping the cross-cultural dialogue between American and French musicians, cannot be overstated. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093593280671,"sku":"15693","price":675.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Armstrong_Panassie_L_homme_lestyle_l_oeuvreSigned15693b.jpg?v=1742846514","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/15693-armstrong-louis-panassie-hugues-louis-armstrong-l-homme-le-style-l-oeuvre-signed-and-inscribed-by-the-author","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}