Groovin' High: The Life of Dizzy Gillespie
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780195144109ISBN-10:195144104UPC:9780195144109Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, MusicBook Subcategory:Music, Genres & Styles, Entertainment & Performing ArtsBook Topic:JazzSize:9.31 x 6.23 x 1.14 inchesWeight:1.3316Product ID:SCV30K7RP7
Groovin' High: The Life of Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie was one of the most important and best-loved musicians in jazz history. With his horn-rimmed glasses, goatee, jive talk, and upraised trumpet bell, he was the hipster who most personified bebop. The musical heir to Louis Armstrong, he created the modern jazz trumpet-playing style and dazzled aficionados and popular audiences alike for over 50 years. In this first full biography,...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780195144109ISBN-10:195144104UPC:9780195144109Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, MusicBook Subcategory:Music, Genres & Styles, Entertainment & Performing ArtsBook Topic:JazzSize:9.31 x 6.23 x 1.14 inchesWeight:1.3316Product ID:SCV30K7RP7
Alyn Shipton presents jazz programs for the BBC and is a jazz critic for The Times in London. For many years he was a music publisher, seeing into print the autobiographies of numerous jazz musicians including Barney Bigard, Buck Clayton, Andy Kirk and Rex Stewart. He has written biographies of Fats Waller and Bud Powell, and has edited the memoirs of Danny Barker and Doc Cheatham.
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