Author: WILLIAM OSCAR SMITH
Title: Sideman. The Long Gig of W.O. Smith : A Memoir
Description: Rutledge Hill Press, 1991. Gekartonneerd met stofomslag. Pp: 319. With an introduction by Dizzie Gillespie.nIn this wry, moving memoir completed shortly before his death, one of jazz's great sidemen, W.O. Smith, explores the terrain of modern jazz music through the eyes of one who rubbed shoulders with the legends. WRiting about the black intelligentsia of the 1930s and 40s, particularly in Philadelphia and New York City, as well as life on the road during the big band era, this virtuoso of the string bass discusses the influence of such jazz greats as DUke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Frankie Fairfax, Coleman Hawkins, Fats Waller, Nat 'King' Cole, and Bessie Smith. ISBN: 9781558531321. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9781558531321
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Title: Sideman. The Long Gig of W.O. Smith : A Memoir
Description: Rutledge Hill Press, 1991. Gekartonneerd met stofomslag. Pp: 319. With an introduction by Dizzie Gillespie.nIn this wry, moving memoir completed shortly before his death, one of jazz's great sidemen, W.O. Smith, explores the terrain of modern jazz music through the eyes of one who rubbed shoulders with the legends. WRiting about the black intelligentsia of the 1930s and 40s, particularly in Philadelphia and New York City, as well as life on the road during the big band era, this virtuoso of the string bass discusses the influence of such jazz greats as DUke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Frankie Fairfax, Coleman Hawkins, Fats Waller, Nat 'King' Cole, and Bessie Smith. ISBN: 9781558531321. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9781558531321
Price: EUR 12.50 = appr. US$ 13.59 Seller: De Slegte
- Book number: 1999200
- Book number: 1999200
See more books from our catalog: Muziek