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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457495803321

Autore

Stokes W. Royal

Titolo

Growing up with jazz : twenty-four musicians talk about their lives and careers / / W. Royal Stokes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2005

©2005

ISBN

0-19-970138-5

1-280-50298-3

0-19-534791-9

1-4237-5824-2

1-60256-821-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Disciplina

781.65/092/2

Soggetti

Jazz musicians

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1. Keepers of the Flame; 2. Modernists; 3. Visionaries and Eclectics; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Focusing on how these figures became jazz musicians, this volume discusses the two most prominent US jazz musicians: the influential bop drummer Art Blakely and the famous jazz pianist and personality Dr Billy Taylor.