Förlagets presentation:
Jazz Makers gathers together short biographies of more than 50 of jazz's
greatest stars, from its early beginnings to the present. The stories of
these innovative instrumentalists, bandleaders, and composers reveal the
fascinating history of jazz in six parts: The Pioneers, including Scott
Joplin, Louis Armstrong, and Bessie Smith; Swing Bands and Soloists, with
Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, and Billie Holiday; The Piano Giants,
featuring Fats Waller, Art Tatum, and Mary Lou Williams; Birth of Bebop,
including Dizzy Gillepsie, Charlie Parker, and Miles Davis; Cool Jazz, Hard
Bop, and Fusion, with John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, and Stan Getz; A Century
of Jazz, featuring Wynton Marsalis, Joshua Redman, and other contemporary
greats.
Tryckt 2002. 272 sidor 22x29 cm, ill, inb. Normalt kr 500:-, några
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