Celebrating The Duke: And Louis, Bessie, Billie, Bird, Carmen, Miles, Dizzy And Other Heroes - Couverture souple

Gleason, Ralph J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0306806452 ISBN 13 : 9780306806452

Editeur : Da Capo Press, 1995

Synopsis

Book by Gleason Ralph J

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

"If you want to know what real jazz criticism is, read Celebrating the Duke. It is a fitting memorial to an outstanding critic and writer."--Jazz Journal

Celebrating the Duke offers readers a perceptive, panoramic survey of jazz as revealed, in illuminating detail, through the lives and music of its heroes and heroines, including Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong, Jimmie Lunceford, Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Albert Ayler, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, and a rich cache of writings on "America's greatest composer," the Duke himself.
Foreword by Studs TerkelNew introduction by Ira Gitler

Biographie de l'auteur :

Jazz and rock critic, founding editor of Rolling Stone, producer, disc jockey, teacher, and vice-president of Fantasy Records, Ralph J. Gleason (1917-1975) was the author of Jam Sessions and The Jefferson Airplane and the San Francisco Sound.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Da Capo Press
• Date d'édition: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0306806452
• ISBN 13: 9780306806452
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 312