American Musicians: Fifty-Six Portraits in Jazz
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This is Whitney Balliett's long-awaited "big book." In it are all the jazz profiles he has written for The New Yorker during the past 24 years. These include his famous early portraits of Pee Wee Russell, Red Allen, Earl Hines, and Mary Lou Williams, done when these giants were in full flower; his recent reconstructions of the lives of such legends as Art Tatum, Coleman Hawkins, Jack Teagarden, Zoot Sims, and Dave Tough; His quick but indelible glimpses...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0195037588
ISBN13:9780195037586
Release Date:October 1986
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:432 Pages
Weight:0.35 lbs.
Dimensions:1.4" x 6.5" x 9.5"
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