Jazz: America's classical music - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 0135091268 ISBN 13 : 9780135091265

Synopsis

Book by Sales Grover

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Jazz: America's Classical Music is a delightful introduction and guide to this complex and compelling music and to its rich history. In an engaging and conversational style, renowned jazz teacher Grover Sales tells of the lives and music of the greats—Ellington, Tatum, Hawkins, Coltrane, Parker, Hines, Goodman, Armstrong, and many others—with a mix of important facts, fascinating anecdotes, and brilliant interpretations. Illustrated with astonishing photographs of the artists in performance, Jazz: America's Classical Music is a classic text, an ideal book for beginners and an inspiring one for serious students of the art of jazz.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Grover Sales is an instructor in jazz studies at Stanford University and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He was publicity director of the Monterey Jazz Festival for its first seven years and did personal publicity for many of the jazz greats including Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, and Duke Ellington.

À propos de cette édition

• ISBN 10: 0135091268
• ISBN 13: 9780135091265
• Reliure: Broché