bNot only biography, but also one of the earliest American attempts to trace the development of jazz.--from the foreword by Dan Morgensternb pThe first autobiography of a jazz musician, Louis Armstrong's iSwing That Musici is a milestone in jazz literature. Armstrong wrote most of the biographical material, which is of a different nature and scope than that of his other, later autobiography, i Satchmo My Life in New Orleans ialso published by Da Capo. iSatchmoi covers in intimate detail Armstrong's life until his 1922 move to Chicago buti Swing That Music ialso covers his days on Chicago's South Side with King Oliver, his courtship and marriage to Lil Hardin, his 1929 move to New York, the formation of his own band, his European tours, and his international success. One of the most earnest justifications ever written for the new style of music then called swing but more broadly referred to as Jazz, iSwing That Music iis a biography, a history, and an entertainment that really swings.