| The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz Contributor(s): Feather, Leonard (Author) |
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ISBN: 019532000X ISBN-13: 9780195320008 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $51.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2007 Annotation: Feather and Gitler have left no stone unturned in their quest for accurate, detailed information on the careers of 3,300 jazz musicians from around the world. Arranged alphabetically, each entry of this book lists the highlights of every jazz musician's career. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Jazz - Music | Reference - Biography & Autobiography | Music |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 1.56" H x 6.76" W x 10.38" (2.92 lbs) 744 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Do you want to know when Duke Ellington was king of The Cotton Club? Have you ever wondered how old Miles Davis was when he got his first trumpet? From birth dates to gig dates and from recordings to television specials, Leonard Feather and Ira Gitler have left no stone unturned in their quest for accurate, detailed information on the careers of 3.300 jazz musicians from around the world. We learn that Duke Ellington worked his magic at The Cotton Club from 1927 to 1931, and that on Miles Davis's thirteenth birthday, his father gave him his first trumpet. Jazz is fast moving, and this edition clearly and concisely maps out an often dizzying web of professional associations. We find, for instance, that when Miles Davis was a St. Louis teenager he encountered Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie for the first time. This meeting proved fateful, and by 1945 a nineteen-year-old Davis had left Juilliard to play with Parker on 52nd Street. Knowledge of these professional alliances, along with the countless others chronicled in this book, are central to tracing the development of significant jazz movements, such as the cool jazz that became one of Miles Davis's hallmarks. Arranged alphabetically according to last name, each entry of this book chronologically lists the highlights of every jazz musician's career. Highly accessible and vigorously researched, The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz is, quite simply, the most comprehensive jazz encyclopedia available. |