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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786232003321

Autore

Taylor Billy <1921-2010.>

Titolo

The jazz life of Dr. Billy Taylor / / Billy Taylor ; with Teresa L. Reed

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington ; ; Indianapolis, : Indiana University Press, 2013

ISBN

0-253-00917-0

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Altri autori (Persone)

ReedTeresa L. <1964->

Disciplina

781.65092

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Soggetti

Jazz musicians - United States

Autobiographies.

Biographies.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references, index.

Includes discography (p. 201-212).

Nota di contenuto

Beginnings : 1921-1938 -- College years : 1938-1942 -- Making waves : 1943-1946 -- The subject is jazz : 1946-1958 -- From "tobacco tags" to the urban airwaves : 1959-1968 -- How it feels to be free : 1969-1990 -- Reflections.

Sommario/riassunto

This is the autobiography of the legendary jazz ambassador whose work spans more than six decades, from the heyday of 52nd Street in 1940s New York City to CBS Sunday Morning. Beginning with his childhood in segregation-era Washington D.C., Taylor recounts how he came of age as a jazz musician in smoke-filled clubs pulsating with the rhythms of bebop, and later climbed to world acclaim as an internationally recognized music educator and popular media figure. Through his life's work, Taylor fought not only for the recognition of Black musicians as key contributors to the American music repertoire.