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American musicians : fifty-six portraits in jazz / Whitney Balliett.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1986.Description: x, 415 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0195037588
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 785.42/092/2 B 19
LOC classification:
  • ML395 .B34 1986
Contents:
Panassié, Delaunay et Cie (Hugues Pannassié and Charles Delaunay) -- For the comfort of the people (Joe "King" Oliver) -- Ferdinand la Menthe (Jelly Roll Morton) -- Le Grand Bechet (Sidney Bechet) -- The blues is a slow story (Henry "Red" Allen) -- New York drummers (Tommy Benford, Freddie Moore, Sonny Greer) -- Starting at the top (Jabbo Smith) -- Light everywhere (Adolphus "Doc" Cheatham) -- Fats (Fats Waller) -- Sunshine always opens out (Earl Hines) -- Out here again (Mary Lou Williams) -- Coleman Hawkins -- A good one-two (Jimmy McPartland) -- Davy Tough -- Even his feet look sad (Pee Wee Russell) -- More ingredients (Bobby Hackett) -- Hodes' blues (Art Hodes) -- Back from Valhalla (Jess Stacy) -- Big T (Jack Teagarden) -- Three tones (Vic Dickenson) -- Little jazz (Roy Eldridge) -- Big Sid (Sidney Catlett) -- The music is more important (Red Norvo) -- Art Tatum -- You must start well and you must end well (Stéphane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt) -- Demi-centennial (Joe Bushkin) -- Super-drummer (Buddy Rich) -- Pres (Lester Young) -- Like a family (Modern Jazz Quartet) -- Einfühling (Ellis Larkins) -- Being a genius (Erroll Garner) -- Zoot and Louise (Zoot Sims) -- The key of D is daffodil yellow (Marian McPartland) -- Super chops (Dave McKenna) -- The Westchester kids (Bob Wilber) -- Easier than working (Dick Wellstood) -- A day with the Duke (Duke Ellington) -- Mingus at peace (Charles Mingus) -- Joe Wilder -- The answer is yes (Jim Hall) -- Here and abroad (Art Farmer) -- Poet (Tommy Flanagan) -- A walk to the park (Elvin Jones) -- Ten levels (Lee Konitz) -- A true improviser (Warne Marsh) -- Good, careful melody (Michael Moore) -- A decent life (Gene Bertoncini) -- Ornette (Ornette Coleman) -- Cecil (Cecil Taylor).
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A collection of essays originally appearing principally in the New Yorker.

WAR, NEWBERY,

Panassié, Delaunay et Cie (Hugues Pannassié and Charles Delaunay) -- For the comfort of the people (Joe "King" Oliver) -- Ferdinand la Menthe (Jelly Roll Morton) -- Le Grand Bechet (Sidney Bechet) -- The blues is a slow story (Henry "Red" Allen) -- New York drummers (Tommy Benford, Freddie Moore, Sonny Greer) -- Starting at the top (Jabbo Smith) -- Light everywhere (Adolphus "Doc" Cheatham) -- Fats (Fats Waller) -- Sunshine always opens out (Earl Hines) -- Out here again (Mary Lou Williams) -- Coleman Hawkins -- A good one-two (Jimmy McPartland) -- Davy Tough -- Even his feet look sad (Pee Wee Russell) -- More ingredients (Bobby Hackett) -- Hodes' blues (Art Hodes) -- Back from Valhalla (Jess Stacy) -- Big T (Jack Teagarden) -- Three tones (Vic Dickenson) -- Little jazz (Roy Eldridge) -- Big Sid (Sidney Catlett) -- The music is more important (Red Norvo) -- Art Tatum -- You must start well and you must end well (Stéphane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt) -- Demi-centennial (Joe Bushkin) -- Super-drummer (Buddy Rich) -- Pres (Lester Young) -- Like a family (Modern Jazz Quartet) -- Einfühling (Ellis Larkins) -- Being a genius (Erroll Garner) -- Zoot and Louise (Zoot Sims) -- The key of D is daffodil yellow (Marian McPartland) -- Super chops (Dave McKenna) -- The Westchester kids (Bob Wilber) -- Easier than working (Dick Wellstood) -- A day with the Duke (Duke Ellington) -- Mingus at peace (Charles Mingus) -- Joe Wilder -- The answer is yes (Jim Hall) -- Here and abroad (Art Farmer) -- Poet (Tommy Flanagan) -- A walk to the park (Elvin Jones) -- Ten levels (Lee Konitz) -- A true improviser (Warne Marsh) -- Good, careful melody (Michael Moore) -- A decent life (Gene Bertoncini) -- Ornette (Ornette Coleman) -- Cecil (Cecil Taylor).