Sketching the lives of the true giants of jazz, Studs Terkel - a lifelong fan and friend of many of these legends - uses firsthand interviews with the artists to bring to life the human stories behind the music. First published in 1957 and now reissued in the first illustrated edition, this is an evocation of the mythic heroes of this uniquely American music form, ranging from Louis Armstrong to John Coltrane and Charlie Parker, from Duke Ellington to Billie Holliday and Fats Waller.
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Sketching the lives of the true giants of jazz, Studs Terkel - a lifelong fan and friend of many of these legends - uses firsthand interviews with the artists to bring to life the human stories behind the music. First published in 1957 and now reissued in the first illustrated edition, this is an evocation of the mythic heroes of this uniquely American music form, ranging from Louis Armstrong to John Coltrane and Charlie Parker, from Duke Ellington to Billie Holliday and Fats Waller.
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Art by Robert Galster. Fine in Fine jacket. pp. 214. 20775 shelf. Unread. Gold-stamped orange spine w/ mustard bds. No names, clean text. Unblemished dust jacket. 1st published by Crowell. Chapters: Bessie Smith, Fats Waller, Billie Holiday, Woody Herman, et al. Index.
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Robert Galster & Carol Isern. Very Good in Very Good jacket. 12 vo. First Edition, First Printing; dj i/unclipped price; 214 clean, unmarked pages; includes chapters on Charlie Parker, joe Oliver, Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, Bix, Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Billie Holiday, Woody Herman, Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane.
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New in New dust jacket. 1565847695. Book and DJ New with no notes, markings or other names. New DJ not price clipped ($22.95); Flat signed by Studs at title page. NOT inscribed.; Robert Galster sketches; 214 pages; Signed by Author.
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Let me say at the start that i am a great admirer of Studs Terkel. However.....this book is a very superficial study of the greats of Jazz. I can't imagine it being interesting other than to someone who knew little or nothing about Jazz and wanted this type of trite bio just to get an idea of who these great artists were. It is something that might be used in a junior high school curriculum.