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Charters, Samuel

 
9780714531311: New Orleans: Playing a Jazz Chorus
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0714531316 ISBN 13 : 9780714531311
Editeur : Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

This book is a highly personal portrait of New Orleans and its music today - a city that has been hard hit by Katrina, but is managing to keep its great jazz tradition, brass band scene, incomparable food, and unique lifestyle vital and intact. Among the musicians and groups at the heart of the New Orleans jazz scene who make their appearance in this book are: The Rebirth Brass Band, Hot 8, The Soul Rebels, The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Johnny Vidacovich, Barry Martyn, Lars Edegran, Chuck Badie, Pete Fountain, Michael White, The Hot Club of New Orleans, Coco Robicheaux, record company owner George Buck, and the gospel musician Billy Edwards. The book also presents portraits of every day New Orleans people confronting a challenging situation.

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À propos de l'auteur

Now in his seventies, Sam Charters is a jazz expert with over 11 books on jazz to his name. His 1959 book The Country Blues was the first serious examination of this seedbed of virtually all American music. He followed this book with The Legacy of the Blues and The Roots of the Blues (all Marion Boyars publications).

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Éditeur
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0714531316
ISBN 13 
9780714531311
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
330
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Personne responsable
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