Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
025300909X
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0253009170
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9780253009098
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9780253009173
Inhalt:
The Jazz Life of Dr. Billy Taylor: America's Classical Musician is the autobiography of the legendary jazz ambassador whose work spans more than six decades, from the heyday of 52nd Street in 1940s New York City to CBS Sunday Morning. Beginning with his childhood in segregation-era Washington D.C., Billy Taylor recounts how he came of age as a jazz musician in smoke-filled clubs pulsating with the rhythms of bebop, and later climbed to world acclaim as an internationally recognized music educator and popular media figure. Through his life's work, Taylor fought not only for the recognition o
Inhalt:
Beginnings : 1921-1938 -- College years : 1938-1942 -- Making waves : 1943-1946 -- The subject is jazz : 1946-1958 -- From "tobacco tags" to the urban airwaves : 1959-1968 -- How it feels to be free : 1969-1990 -- Reflections
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references, index, and discography
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Taylor, Billy, 1921-2010 Jazz life of Dr. Billy Taylor Bloomington ; Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, 2013
Sprache:
Englisch
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