Title:
Giants of jazz / Studs Terkel ; sketches by Robert Galster.
Author:
Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008.
Daniel, Milly Hawk.
Publication Information:
New York : New Press, 2002.
Call Number:
ML385 .T45 2002
Abstract:
Brief biographies of thirteen jazz musicians who have made major contributions to the development of this form of music.
Electronic Access:
Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy043/2003279582.html
Edition:
Rev. and updated / by Studs Terkel, with Milly Hawk Daniel.
ISBN:
9781565847699
Physical Description:
214 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Joe Oliver, the king -- Louis Armstrong, Ambassador of jazz -- Bessie Smith, empress of the blues -- Bix [Beiderbecke], young man with a horn -- Fats Waller, the laughing genius -- Duke Ellington, sounds of life -- Benny Goodman, king of swing -- Count Basie: "Jump for joy" -- Billie Holiday: "God bless the child" -- Woody Herman, leader of the herd -- Dizzy Gillespie, explorer of new sounds -- Charlie Parker, Yardbird -- John Coltrane: the search continues -- Jazz is the music of many.
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