Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 269 pages)
,
illustrations
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0300089651
,
0803280343
,
0300142951
,
9780300089653
,
9780803280342
,
9780300142952
Content:
"In this book, an eminent jazz chronicler writes of his encounters with four great black musicians: Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Milt Hinton, and Nat "King" Cole. Equal parts memoir, oral history, and commentary, each of the main chapters is a minibiography, weaving together conversations Gene Lees had with the musicians and their families, friends, and associates over a period of several decades
Content:
"Lees begins the book with an essay that tells of his introduction to the world of jazz and his reaction to racism in the United States when he emigrated from Canada in 1955. The underlying theme in his book is the impact racism had on the four musicians' lives and careers and their determination to overcome it. As Lees writes, "No white person can even begin to understand the black experience in the United States ... All [of the four jazz makers] are men who had every reason to embrace bitterness - and didn't.""--Jacket
Content:
Sudden immersion -- Birks and his works -- You gotta sing -- We are like Atlas -- King Cole
Note:
Includes index
,
English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0803280343
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780803280342
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Lees, Gene You can't steal a gift
Language:
English
Keywords:
Biography
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