| Description |
1 online resource (x, 422 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Preface; 1 The Boy from Cheraw; 2 Philadelphia and the First Bands; 3 Teddy Hill and Edgar Hayes; 4 The First Records; 5 Cab Calloway and the Dawn of Bebop; 6 The Calloway Recordings; 7 Horn for Hire; 8 From Earl Hines to 52nd Street; 9 Billy Eckstine; 10 Bird, Big Band, and Berg's; 11 1945-The Records; 12 The Big Band, 1946 -- 50; 13 The Big Band Records; 14 Dee Gee, Paris, and Massey Hall; 15 International Soloist; 16 The 1950s Big Bands; 17 Gillespiana; 18 Dizzy for President; 19 Giant of Jazz; 20 Old Man Time; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
A biography of the American jazz trumpeter follows his career from the swing, bebop, and big band performances of the 30s, 40s, and 50s, through his recordings in the early 1990s |
| Notes |
Reprint. Originally published: 1999 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993
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| SUBJECT |
Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993 fast |
| Subject |
Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography
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MUSIC -- Musical Instruments -- Brass.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Composers & Musicians.
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Jazz musicians
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780198025191 |
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019802519X |
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0195144104 |
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9780195144109 |
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9780190286828 |
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0190286822 |
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