If you haven’t seen Michiko Kakutani’s New York Times review of Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong, go here to read it.
Not long after the Times review appeared on the paper’s Web site yesterday afternoon, Pops became the best-selling jazz book on Amazon. I don’t know how long it will stay that way, so if you haven’t gotten around to doing your bit, why wait? Christmas is just around the corner.
UPDATE: In addition to raving about “Pops” today, Kakutani has put it on her list of the ten best books of 2009.
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