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Groovin' high [[electronic resource] ] : the life of Dizzy Gillespie / / Alyn Shipton



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Autore: Shipton Alyn Visualizza persona
Titolo: Groovin' high [[electronic resource] ] : the life of Dizzy Gillespie / / Alyn Shipton Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 1999
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (433 p.)
Disciplina: 781.65092
788.92165092
Soggetto topico: Jazz musicians - United States
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliography and index.
Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; 1 The Boy from Cheraw; 2 Philadelphia and the First Bands; 3 Teddy Hill and Edgar Hayes; 4 The First Records; 5 Cab Calloway and the Dawn of Bebop; 6 The Calloway Recordings; 7 Horn for Hire; 8 From Earl Hines to 52nd Street; 9 Billy Eckstine; 10 Bird, Big Band, and Berg's; 11 1945-The Records; 12 The Big Band, 1946--50; 13 The Big Band Records; 14 Dee Gee, Paris, and Massey Hall; 15 International Soloist; 16 The 1950's Big Bands; 17 Gillespiana; 18 Dizzy for President; 19 Giant of Jazz; 20 Old Man Time; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Sommario/riassunto: Dizzy Gillespie was one of the most important and best-loved musicians in jazz history. With his horn-rimmed glasses, goatee, jive talk, and upraised trumpet bell, he was the hipster who most personified bebop. The musical heir to Louis Armstrong, he created the modern jazz trumpet-playing style and dazzled aficionados and popular audiences alike for over 50 years. In this first full biography, Alyn Shipton covers all aspects of Dizzy's remarkable life and career, taking us through his days as a flashy trumpet player in the swing bands of the 1930's, his innovative bebop work in the 1940's,
Titolo autorizzato: Groovin' high  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-83532-X
9786610835324
0-19-802519-X
0-19-534938-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910450623303321
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