Alyn L. Shipton

Broschiertes Buch

Groovin' High

The Life of Dizzy Gillespie

Beschreibung

A jazz critic for "The Times" in London now covers all aspects of Dizzy Gillespie's extraordinary life and career, taking readers through the musician's days as a sparkling trumpet soloist in the swing bands of the 1930s to the role he played in creating bebop. 26 halftones.

Autor

Alyn Shipton presents jazz programs for the BBC and is a jazz critic for The Times in London. For many years he was a music publisher, seeing into print the autobiographies of numerous jazz musicians including Barney Bigard, Buck Clayton, Andy Kirk and Rex Stewart. He has written biographies of Fats Waller and Bud Powell, and has edited the memoirs of Danny Barker and Doc Cheatham.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 436
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juli 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 704g
• ISBN-13: 9780195144109
• ISBN-10: 0195144104
• Artikelnr.: 21085643