Four Lives in the Bebop Business

by A.B. Spellman

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A revival of a classic oral biography of four nearly overlooked jazz giants.

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Four Lives
Review of the retitled Schocken paperback (1970) reissue of the original hardcover "Four Lives In The Bebop Business" (1966)
“Part of what this music is about is not to be delineated exactly. It’s about magic and capturing spirits.” - Cecil Taylor, as told to Nat Hentoff

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Cecil Taylor, Ornette Coleman, Herbie Nichols, Jackie McLean

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Canonical title*
Quattro vite jazz. Cecil Taylor, Ornette Coleman, Herbie Nichols, Jackie Mclean
Original title
Four Lives in the Bebop Business
People/Characters
Ornette Coleman; Herbie Nichols; Jackie McLean; Cecil Taylor
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Genres
Music, Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS
781.65Arts & recreationMusicGeneral principles and musical formsTraditions of musicJazz {equally instrumental and vocal}
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ML394 .S74MusicLiterature on musicLiterature on musicHistory and criticismBiography
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Reviews
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English, Italian
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Paper, Ebook
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