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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810825903321

Autore

Buchmann-Mller Frank

Titolo

Someone to watch over me : the life and music of Ben Webster / / Frank Buchmann-Mller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c2006

ISBN

1-282-59160-6

9786612591600

0-472-02598-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (400 p.)

Collana

Jazz perspectives

Disciplina

788.7165092

Soggetti

Jazz musicians - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-345), discography (p. 323-326), and index.

Nota di contenuto

""CONTENTS""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Kansas City Childhood (1909�1927)""; ""2. From Piano to Saxophone (1927�1931)""; ""3. From Kansas City to New York (1931�1934)""; ""4. From Smack to Duke (1934�1940)""; ""5. Golden Years with Ellington (1940�1943)""; ""6. From Fifty-second Street to Kansas City (1943�1949)""; ""7. From Kansas City to Monterey (1949�1959)""; ""8. Last Years in the United States (1959�1964)""; ""9. First Years in Europe (1964�1966)""; ""10. The Dutch Years (1966�1969)""

""11. The Last Busy Years in Denmark (1969�1973)""""Appendix: Ben Webster on CD, DVD, and VHS""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""Illustrations following page 178""

Sommario/riassunto

The definitive biography of the great tenor saxophonist Ben Webster.