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050 00 ML395 |b.B36 1996
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100 1  Balliett, Whitney. |=^A35063
245 10 American musicians II : |bseventy-two portraits in jazz / |cWhitney Balliett.
246 3  American musicians two
260    New York : |bOxford University Press, |c1996.
300    520 pages ; |c25 cm
336    text |2rdacontent
337    unmediated |2rdamedia
338    volume |2rdacarrier
500    Expanded edition of American musicians.
500    A collection of essays originally appearing principally in the New Yorker.
505 00  |tPanassie, Delaunay et Cie (Hughes Panassie and Charles Delaunay) -- |tFor the comfort of the people (Joe "King" Oliver) -- |tFerdinand La Menthe (Jelly Roll Morton) -- |tLe grand Bechet (Sidney Bechet) -- |tThe blues is a slow story (Henry "Red" Allen) -- |tNew York drummers (Tommy Benford, Freddie Moore, Sonny Greer) -- |tStarting at the top (Jabbo Smith) -- |tLight everywhere (Adolphous "Doc" Cheatham) -- |tFats (Fats Waller) -- |tIn the wilderness (Marie Marcus) -- |tSunshine always opens out (Earl Hines) -- |tOut here again (Mary Lou Williams) -- |tColeman Hawkins -- |tA good one-two (Jimmy McPartland) -- |tDavy Tough -- |tEven his feet look sad (Pee Wee Russell) -- |tMore ingredients (Bobby Hackett) -- |tHodes' blues (Art Hodes) -- |tBenny (Benny Goodman) -- |tBack from Valhalla (Jess Stacy) -- |tWhatever happened to Mel Powell? -- |tBig T (Jack Teagarden) -- |tThree tones (Vic Dickenson) -- |tLittle jazz (Roy Eldridge) -- |tBig Sid (Sidney Catlett) -- |tThe music is more important (Red Norvo) -- |tArt Tatum -- |tWonder woman (Dorothy Donegan) -- |tYou must start well and you must end well (Stephane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt) -- |tDemi-centennial (Joe Bushkin) -- |tSuper-drummer (Buddy Rich) -- |tFirst and last (Louis Bellson) -- |tPres (Lester Young) -- |tBird (Charlie Parker) -- |tDizzy (Dizzy Gillespie) -- |tA difficult instrument (Buddy DeFranco) -- |tChanting with Buster (Jimmy Rowles) -- |tLike a family (Modern Jazz Quartet) -- |tEinfuhlung (Ellis Larkins) -- |tBeing a genius (Erroll Garner) -- |tBob's your uncle (George Shearing) -- |tZoot and Louise (Zoot Sims) -- |tThe key of D is daffodil yellow (Marian McPartland) -- |tSuper chops (Dave McKenna) -- |tThe Westchester kids (Bob Wilber) -- |tEasier than working (Dick Wellstood) -- |tAesthetic vitamins (Ruby Braff) -- |tA day with the Duke (Duke Ellington) -- |tMingus at peace (Charles Mingus) -- |tA trombone mouth (Jimmy Knepper) -- |tJoe Wilder -- |tThe answer is yes (Jim Hall) -- |tAn insouciant sound (Paul Desmond) -- |tHere and abroad (Art Farmer) -- |tHerr Professor (Walter Norris) -- |tPoet (Tommy Flanagan) -- |tA walk to the park (Elvin Jones) -- |tBright unison clarinets (Claude Thornhill) -- |tTen levels (Lee Konitz) -- |tA true improviser (Warne Marsh) -- |tGood, careful melody (Michael Moore) -- |tA decent life (Gene Bertoncini) -- |tOrnette (Ornette Coleman) -- |tCecil (Cecil Taylor).
520    Now greatly expanded with sixteen new essays, this book remains a superb introduction to the giants of jazz, or as Balliett himself calls it, "a highly personal encyclopedia, a series of close accounts of how a beautiful music grew, flourished, and (possibly) began the long trek back to its native silences." Breathtaking in its scope, the book features Balliett's singular portraits of jazz greats who have shaped this uniquely American tradition from its. Earliest days to the present, from inimitable innovators like Joe "King" Oliver and Jelly Roll Morton, to swing-era mainstays Fats Waller and Lester Young, to avant-garde pioneers such as Cecil Taylor and Ornette Coleman. We are treated to profiles of Pee Wee Russell, Red Allen, Earl Hines, and Mary Lou Williams, written when they were at the height of their powers; reconstructions of the lives of Art Tatum, Coleman Hawkins, Jack Teagarden, Zoot Sims, and Dave Tough. Quick but indelible glimpses into the daily (or nocturnal) lives of Duke Ellington and Charles Mingus; and vivid portrayals of such modern masters as Red Norvo, Buddy Rich, Elvin Jones, Art Farmer, Michael Moore, and Tommy Flanagan. This new edition adds essays on such major musicians as Benny Goodman, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, George Shearing, and Paul Desmond.
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