Jazz portraits : the lives and music of the jazz masters / Len Lyons and Don Perlo.

Author/creator Lyons, Leonard
Other author Perlo, Don.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Morrow, ©1989.
Description610 pages : portraits ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Adderley, Cannonball -- Adderley, Nat -- Airto -- Akiyoshi, Toshiko -- Allen, Red -- Ammons, Albert -- Ammons Gene -- Armstrong, Louis -- Ayler, Albert -- Bailey, Mildred -- Baker, Chet -- Basie, Count -- Bechet, Sidney -- Beiderbecke, Bix -- Bellson, Louis -- Benson, George -- Bigard, Barney -- Blackwell, Ed -- Blake, Eubie -- Blake, Ran -- Blakey, Art -- Blanton, Jimmy -- Bley, Carla -- Bley, Paul -- Blythe, Arthur -- Bowie, Lester -- Braxton, Anthony -- Brookmeyer, Bob -- Brown, Clifford -- Brown, Ray -- Brubeck, Dave -- Burrell, Kenny -- Burton, Gary -- Byard, Jaki -- Byas, Don -- Byrd, Donald -- Carter, Benny -- Carter, Betty -- Carter, Ron -- Catlett, Big Sid -- Chambers, Paul -- Cherry, Don -- Christian, Charlie -- Clarke, Kenny -- Clarke, Stanley -- Cobb, Arnett -- Cobham, Billy -- Cohn, Al -- Cole, Cozy -- Coleman, Ornette -- Coltrane, John -- Corea, Chick -- Coryell, Larry -- Crosby, Israel -- Cyrille, Andrew -- Davis, Miles -- DeFranco, Buddy -- DeJohnette, Jack -- Desmond, Paul -- Dickenson, Vic -- Dodds, Baby -- Dodds, Johnny -- Dolphy, Eric -- Dorham, Kenny -- Dorsey, Tommy -- Duvivier, George -- Eckstine, Billy -- Edison, Harry -- Eldridge, Roy -- Ellington, Duke -- Ellis, Don -- Evans, Bill -- Evans, Gil -- Farlow, Tal -- Farmer, Art -- Ferguson, Maynard -- Fitzgerald, Ella -- Fontana, Carl -- Fuller, Curtis -- Garland, Reed -- Garner, Erroll -- Getz, Stan -- Gillespie, Dizzy -- Giuffre, Jimmy -- Golson, Benny -- Goodman, Benny -- Gordon, Dexter -- Grappelli, Stephane -- Gray, Wardell -- Greer, Sonny -- Griffin, Johnny -- Hackett, Bobby -- Haden, Charlie -- Hall, Jim -- Hamilton, Chico -- Hampton, Lionel -- Hampton, Slide -- Hancock, Herbie -- Hawkins, Coleman -- Haynes, Roy -- Heath, Jimmy -- Henderson, Fletcher -- Hendricks, Jon -- Herman, Woody -- Higginbotham, J. C. -- Higgins, Billy -- Hines, Earl -- Hodges, Johnny -- Holiday, Billie -- Hubbard, Freddie -- Humes, Helen -- Hutcherson, Bobby -- Jackson, Milt -- Jacquet, Illinois -- Jamal, Ahmad -- Jarrett, Keith -- Jefferson, Eddie -- Jenkins, Leroy -- Johnson, Bunk -- Johnson, James P. -- Johnson, J. J. -- Jones, Elvin -- Jones, Jo -- Jones, "Philly" Joe -- Jones, Thad -- Kenton, Stan -- Kessel, Barney -- Kirk, Rahsaan Roland -- Knepper, Jimmy -- Konitz, Lee -- Krupa, Gene -- LaFaro, Scott -- Lake, Oliver -- Lang, Eddie -- Lewis, John -- Lunceford, Jimmie -- McLaughlin, John -- McLean, Jackie -- McPartland, Marian -- McRae, Carmen -- Mangelsdorf, Albert -- Marsalis, Wynton -- Metheny, Pat -- Miller, Glen -- Mingus, Charles -- Monk, Thelonious -- Montgomery, Wes -- Morgan, Lee -- Morton, Jelly Roll -- Mulligan, Gerry -- Murray, David -- Navarro, Fats -- Nelson, Oliver -- Nichols, Red -- Noone, Jimmy -- Norvo, Red -- O'Day, Anita -- Oliver, King -- Ory, Kid -- Parker, Charlie -- Pass, Joe -- Pastorius, Jaco -- Pepper, Art -- Peterson, Oscar -- Pettiford, Oscar -- Ponty, Jean-Luc -- Powell, Bud -- Reinhardt, Django -- Rich, Buddy -- Rivers, Sam -- Roach, Max -- Rodney, Red -- Rollins, Sonny -- Rudd, Roswell -- Russell George -- Russell, Pee Wee -- Sanders, Pharoah -- Shaw, Artie -- Shaw, Woody -- Shearing, George -- Shepp, Archie -- Shorter, Wayne -- Silver, Horace -- Sims, Zoot -- Singleton, Zutty -- Smith, Bessie -- Smith, Jimmy -- Smith, Stuff -- Smith, Willie "The Lion" -- Stewart, Slam -- Stitt, Sonny -- Sun Ra -- Tatum, Art -- Taylor, Billy -- Taylor, Cecil -- Teagarden, Jack -- Teschemacher, Frank -- Threadgill, Henry -- Tjader, Cal -- Tough, Dave -- Towner, Ralph -- Tristano, Lennie -- Tyner, McCoy -- Vaughan, Sarah -- Venuti, Joe -- Waller, Fats -- Washington, Dinah -- Webb, Chick -- Webster, Ben -- Williams, Cootie -- Williams, Mary Lou -- Williams, Tony -- Wilson, Teddy -- Winding, Kai -- Woods, Phil -- Young, Lester -- Young, Trummy -- Zawinul, Joe.
Abstract Traces the lives of more than 200 jazz musicians from the early 1900s to the 1980s.
Local noteLittle-263273
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 595-598) and index.
LCCN 88008929
ISBN068804946X

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Music Stacks ML394 .L97 1989 ✔ Available Place Hold