Thomas Brothers
Louis Armstrong: Master of Modernism
Thomas Brothers, Professor of Music at Duke University, on his book, Louis Armstrong: Master of Modernism, which tells the story of how Louis Armstrong, a black man from the Deep South without a formal education, became one of the most influential artists of our time.
[Recorded May 20, 2021.]
Thomas Brothers is the author of Help! The Beatles, Duke Ellington, and the Magic of Collaboration; Louis Armstrong’s New Orleans; and Louis Armstrong, Master of Modernism, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. A professor of music at Duke University, he lives with his family in Durham, North Carolina.
