Riding On A Blue Note
jazz and american pop
$57.28
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
6 January 2000
Summary
Gary Giddins, winner of the 1998 National Book Critics Circle Award, has a following that includes not only jazz enthusiasts but also pop music fans of every stripe. Writing here in a lyrical and celebratory style all his own, Giddins dazzlingly shows us,among many other things,how performers originally perceived as radical (Bing Crosby, Count Basie, Elvis Presley) became conservative institutions … how Charlie Parker created a masterpiece from the strain of an inane ditty … how the Dominoes …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780306809248 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0306809249 |
| Author: | Gary Giddins |
| Publisher: | Hachette Books |
| Imprint: | Da Capo Press Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 6 January 2000 |
| Weight: | 396g |
| Dimensions: | 213mm x 141mm x 19mm |
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About The Author
Gary Giddins
Gary Giddins is a columnist for the Village Voice and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Visions of Jazz. He is also the author of a biography of Bing Crosby. His work has won numerous prizes, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, five ASCAP-Deems Taylor awards, and an American Book Award. He lives in New York City.
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