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Description for Hot Jazz
Hardback. An important and oft-overlooked musician is the side-man in big bands of the 1930s and early 40s. David Griffiths has attempted to correct this oversight, by writing an interviewing many of the musicians of the age, including Lester Boone, Cliff Olson, Curtis Jones, Blanche Finlay, and Bill Dillard - in all, more than thirty musicians. Series: Studies in Jazz. Num Pages: 272 pages, 18 photographs. BIC Classification: AVGJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
David Griffiths interviewed over 30 jazz artists in compiling Hot Jazz. The majority of those interviewed are the important, and oft-overlooked, side-men of the Big Bands of the Thirties and Forties, including Greely Walton, Bill Dillard, Lester Boone, Barclay Draper, Harvey Davis. There are also interviews with band leader Earle Howard and composer Walter Bishop Sr. They all vividly describe the atmosphere and ambience of the Swing Era. Accounts from artists outside the Harlem jazz scene, such as Chicago blues-man Curtis Jones, vocalist Blanche Finlay, and blues singer Lizzie Miles, are also included. Interviewed by Griffiths, these artists ... Read more
David Griffiths interviewed over 30 jazz artists in compiling Hot Jazz. The majority of those interviewed are the important, and oft-overlooked, side-men of the Big Bands of the Thirties and Forties, including Greely Walton, Bill Dillard, Lester Boone, Barclay Draper, Harvey Davis. There are also interviews with band leader Earle Howard and composer Walter Bishop Sr. They all vividly describe the atmosphere and ambience of the Swing Era. Accounts from artists outside the Harlem jazz scene, such as Chicago blues-man Curtis Jones, vocalist Blanche Finlay, and blues singer Lizzie Miles, are also included. Interviewed by Griffiths, these artists ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Jazz
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810834156
SKU
V9780810834156
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Ref
99-15
About David Griffiths
David Griffiths has been contributing, for the past fifteen years, a weekly jazz column to the South Wales Evening Post. His articles have also appeared in Storyville, The Mississippi Rag, and Jazz Journal.
Reviews for Hot Jazz
...what a wealth of information is inspired by this collection of meticulous recollection...
Crescendo & Jazz Music
None of these figures will appear in any but the most detailed history of jazz, yet each has a unique story of his or her own journey in the business...an interesting volume...
CHOICE
Exemplary book...This fine tribute to some ... Read more
Crescendo & Jazz Music
None of these figures will appear in any but the most detailed history of jazz, yet each has a unique story of his or her own journey in the business...an interesting volume...
CHOICE
Exemplary book...This fine tribute to some ... Read more