Jazz Greats
The history of jazz from its beginnings to its present day.
David Perry
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- Recounts the history of jazz from its beginnings to the present day through the lives of 12 great jazz-men, including Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane and Miles Davis
- Draws on the author's interviews with jazz musicians and key witnesses, many recorded here for the first time
- Sets their lives against the background of social history, particularly slavery and the rise of the Civil Rights movement
- Paperback
- English
- 220 x 156 mm, 8 5/8 x 6 1/8 in
- 240 pp
- 80 black and white illustrations
- ISBN-13: 9780714832043
- ISBN-10: 0714832049
Dubbed by Leonard Bernstein as 'the only original American art form', jazz is the epitome of spontaneous musical expression. Its development is traced here through the lives of 12 landmark jazz-legends: Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, Buddy Bolden, Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Lester Young, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane and Miles Davis.
The fascinating dimensions of their story lie not only in an account of musical innovation, but in the rich social history to which their work bears witness.
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