The Jazz Years: Earwitness to an Era
by Leonard Feather
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Leonard Feather's autobiography is also the story of jazz over the last half-century. Since arriving in New York from London in 1935, he has managed to distinguish himself as a producer, composer, pianist, and one of the music's most acute critics. He was one of the first to champion the innovations of bebop in the pages of Esquire and Downbeat, also an ardent campaigner against racial barriers, and a friend to dozens of musicians. There are stories here about Feather's relationship show more with. Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, Dizzy Gillespie, George Shearing, Joe Williams, Toshiko Akiyoshi, and many others. Filled with information about the recording business and the tricky art of criticism, this earwitness account of a lifetime in jazz caps a career that has been dedicated to the best that American culture has to offer. Book jacket. show lessTags
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- Music, Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, History, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 785.42 — Arts & recreation Music Ensembles with only one instrument per part [formerly: instrumental ensembles and their music] Ensembles without keyboard {formerly: Music for small ensembles} Ensembles of woodwind, brass, strings [formerly: Jazz]
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- ML423 .F26 .A3 — Music Literature on music Literature on music History and criticism Biography
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