"""Thomas Brothers has now produced a second wonderful book in his multi-volume study of Armstrong's life and music."" -- Literary Review ""Evokes the quick-fingered, megawatt-smiled music legend's formative years, when he moved from New Orleans to Chicago and on to New York in pursuit of musical fameāand a style all his own."" -- Vogue ""It makes for a rounded, rigorous, vivid portrait of a man who, Brothers argues, became the ultimate representative of African-American musical history."" -- Financial Times ""...scholarly and well-written book..."" -- Daily Mail ""...scholarly but accessible biography..."" -- Independent on Sunday"