Jazz & blues musicians of South Carolina : interviews with Jabbo, Dizzy, Drink, and others / Benjamin Franklin V.

Author/creator Franklin, Benjamin, 1939-
Format Book
Publication InfoColumbia : University of South Carolina Press : Published in cooperation with the South Caroliniana Library, with the assistance of the Caroline McKissick Dial Publication Fund and the University South Caroliniana Society, ©2008.
Descriptionxvii, 272 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 27 cm
Subjects
Jazz musicians--South Carolina. --Interviews.
Blues musicians--South Carolina. --Interviews.

Variant title Jazz and blues musicians of South Carolina
Contents Tommy Benford -- Jack Howe -- Jabbo Smith -- Dizzy Gillespie -- Etta Jones -- Arthur Prysock -- Nappy Brown -- Webster Young -- Drink Small -- Horace Ott -- Houston Person -- Johnny Helms -- Ron Free -- Johnny Williams -- Dick Goodwin -- Gary Erwin -- Barry Walker -- Ron Westray -- Chris Potter.
Abstract South Carolina has been home to an impressive number of regionally, nationally, and internationally known jazz and blues musicians. Through richly detailed interviews with nineteen South Carolina musicians, jazz historian and radio host Benjamin Franklin V presents an oral history of the tradition and influence of jazz and the blues in the Palmetto State.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references, discography (pages 223-255), and index.
LCCN 2007048831
ISBN9781570037436 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN1570037434 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Music Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk ML385 .F86 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold