Wynton Marsalis, Selwyn Seyfu Hinds

To a Young Jazz Musician

Letters from the Road

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Grammy Award-winner and author of Blood on the Fields--the first and only jazz composition to win the Pulitzer Prize--passes on his wisdom, highlighting the importance of humility, patience, and integrity, and offering lessons learned from his years as a performer. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Random House USA Inc
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. November 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 132mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 130g
• ISBN-13: 9780812974201
• ISBN-10: 0812974204
• Artikelnr.: 21032905

Autorenporträt

WYNTON MARSALIS was born in New Orleans, and went on to study at the Juilliard School of Music. He is now the artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. Marsalis has won nine Grammy awards in both jazz and classical categories. In 1987, Marsalis’s oratorio on slavery and freedom, Blood on the Fields, became the first and, to date, only jazz composition to win the Pulitzer Prize in music. SELWYN SEYFU HINDS is the former editor in chief of The Source magazine and is currently the executive editor of Savoy magazine. He is the author of the memoir Gunshots in My Cook-Up: Bits and Bites from a Hip-Hop Caribbean Life, and his articles have appeared in Vanity Fair, Spin, Vibe, and other publications.