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Waiting for Dizzy by Gene Lees (1991, Hardcover w/DJ) EXCELLENT
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- Condition
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- Seller Notes
- “Terrific hardcover with dust jacket. Photo is actual copy.”
- Book Series
- Historical
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- Original Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780195056709
- Book Title
- Waiting for Dizzy
- Item Length
- 8.6in
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Publication Year
- 1991
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Genre
- Music
- Topic
- Genres & Styles / Jazz
- Item Width
- 5.8in
- Item Weight
- 17.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
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Dizzy Gillespie. Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang. Benny Carter, the true "Gentleman of Jazz." And Bix Beiderbecke, the F. Scott Fitzgerald of players. The story of jazz is a story of individuals--enormously gifted, dedicated, sometimes driven, yet often gentle people. In this volume, Gene Lees continues his richly entertaining and informative chronicle of the lives and times of jazz with a new collection of fourteen memorable essays drawn from his renowned Jazzletter . Waiting for Dizzy adds to the insights of his two previous collections, Meet Me at Jim & Andy's and Singers and the Song , both highly acclaimed. Meet Me at Jim and Andy's won the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award. Lyricist, essayist, and music historian, Gene Lees draws on a lifetime of experience--and in many cases friendships--in the jazz world to bring fresh insights to the lives and work of these magnificent artists, whether he is discussing why any guitarists have unsteady time or the complex role of race in jazz history. He is a repository of the humor of the jazz musician, recounting their wit and practical jokes: Ray Brown and Herb Ellis dying their hair as a gag on Oscar Peterson, or Joe Venuti trying to nail a foot-tapping tenor player's shoe to the floor. And as a perceptive cultural historian, he questions the jazz myth that no white musician ever made a significant contribution to jazz. But the heart of Waiting for Dizzy is its exquisitely crafted character studies, warm pictures of the men (and women) who created and continue to create this music. He begins in the era of its first great flowering, the 1920s. He then presents a gallery of vivid portraits of a diverse group of musicians, including the seminal arranger Bill Challis, Joe Venuti, Herb Ellis, Benny Carter, Lenny Breau, and Edmund Thigpen. The theme of discrimination against black Americans turns up frequently, as in the portraits of Al Grey and Hank Jones. Readers meet Spiegle Wilcox, the 87-year-old trombonist who played in the legendary Jean Goldkette band of the mid-20s, and left the music world only to return to playing 50 years later; Emily Remler, the tragic, determined, gifted guitarist who sought to break the sex barrier and her own drug habit, only to die all too young in a far-away place; and Bud Shank, the fine alto saxophonist who disappeared into the numbing atmosphere of studio work, and at last rebelled to return to jazz. The books final essay is its pinnacle: a day spent in the recording studio with Dizzy Gillespie, surrounded by brilliant younger musicians who are his spiritual children, among them Art Farmer and Phil Woods. It is a lyrical, affectionate, and affecting portrait of one of the three or four most important figures--and the most loved-- in jazz history. From Bix to Dizzy, from swing to be-bop, from the 1920s to the 1990s, Waiting for Dizzy is an exhilarating collection by the author The Washington Post Book World calls "not only an extraordinarily perceptive reporter and analyst of jazz performance, jazz history, and jazz people, but also one of those writers who's a joy to read on any subject at all."
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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0195056701
ISBN-13
9780195056709
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1546089
Product Key Features
Book Title
Waiting for Dizzy
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Genres & Styles / Jazz
Publication Year
1991
Genre
Music
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.6in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
5.8in
Item Weight
17.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ml3507.L47 1991
Copyright Date
1991
Lccn
90-047883
Dewey Decimal
781.65
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
20
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