Giants of jazz
Book - 2002
Brief biographies of thirteen jazz musicians who have made major contributions to the development of this form of music.
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- Subjects
- Published
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New York :
The New Press
2002.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Other Authors
- Edition
- Rev. ed
- Physical Description
- 214 p. : ill. ; 20 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes discography and index.
- ISBN
- 9781565847699
- Joe Oliver, the king
- Louis Armstrong, Ambassador of jazz
- Bessie Smith, empress of the blues
- Bix [Beiderbecke], young man with a horn
- Fats Waller, the laughing genius
- Duke Ellington, sounds of life
- Benny Goodman, king of swing
- Count Basie, "Jump for joy"
- Billie Holiday, "God bless the child"
- Woody Herman, leader of the herd
- Dizzy Gillespie, explorer of new sounds
- Charlie Parker, Yardbird
- John Coltrane, the search continues
- Jazz is the music of many.