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Ella Fitzgerald: The Chick Webb Years and Beyond 1935-1948
Fritts, Ron; Vail, Ken
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Description for Ella Fitzgerald: The Chick Webb Years and Beyond 1935-1948
Paperback. No. 2 in the series, co-authored by Ron Fritts, Ella Fitzgerald: The Chick Webb Years & Beyond 1935-1948, chronicles Ella's life from her discovery and development by Chick Webb, the shock of Webb's early death, her years as a bandleader, her success as a solo singer, marriage to Ray Brown, and her first tour of England. Series: Ken Vail's Jazz Itineraries. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: AVGJ; BGF; G; YNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 215 x 6. Weight in Grams: 295.
The Jazz Itineraries series, a new format based on Ken Vail's successful Jazz Diaries, charts the careers of famous jazz musicians, listing club and concert appearances with details of recording sessions and movie appearances. Copiously illustrated with contemporary photographs, newspaper extracts, record and performance reviews, ads and posters, the series provides fascinating insight into the lives of the greatest jazz musicians of our times. No.2 in the series, co-authored by Ron Fritts, Ella Fitzgerald: The Chick Webb Years & Beyond 1935?1948, chronicles Ella's life from her discovery and development by Chick Webb, the shock of Webb's early death, her years as a bandleader, her success as a solo singer, marriage to Ray Brown and her first tour of England.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
Series
Ken Vail's Jazz Itineraries
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810848818
SKU
V9780810848818
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Fritts, Ron; Vail, Ken
Ken Vail trained as a graphic designer and for 25 years developed his own graphic design business. The company moved from corporate work into publishing, specialising in designing highly illustrated educational books. In 1996 Ken Vail retired from the business to indulge his life-long interest in jazz. He self-published his first book, Jazz Milestones, which was critically acclaimed, leading to commissions for a series of Jazz Diaries which yielded Bird?s Diary, Lady Day?s Diary, Miles? Diary, and the two-part Duke?s Diary. Vail is now working on the new series of Jazz Itineraries and a scrapbook of the Swing Era.
Reviews for Ella Fitzgerald: The Chick Webb Years and Beyond 1935-1948
Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, and Count Basie are separate 100 page books presenting a chronological listing of performance dates and locations for these artists…if any of these is among your favorites you'll certainly spend a few hours following their travels with these books.
In The Groove
Like cracking a scrapbook from the '40s…plastered with period photographs, newspaper articles, concert and record reviews…a fun and contextual perspective for listening and investigating as well as a window into the life and times of [Ella Fitzgerald].
JazzTimes Magazine
A well-referenced scrapbook, a collage of facts and contemporary reviews that is a pleasure to read yet visually satisfying, too.
New Orleans Music
All three paperbacks make for fascinating reading, whether you start at the beginning or read random pages....these book are terrifically entertaining to read...
The Mississippi Rag
A serious study resource and an eccentric delight.
The Jazz Rag
In The Groove
Like cracking a scrapbook from the '40s…plastered with period photographs, newspaper articles, concert and record reviews…a fun and contextual perspective for listening and investigating as well as a window into the life and times of [Ella Fitzgerald].
JazzTimes Magazine
A well-referenced scrapbook, a collage of facts and contemporary reviews that is a pleasure to read yet visually satisfying, too.
New Orleans Music
All three paperbacks make for fascinating reading, whether you start at the beginning or read random pages....these book are terrifically entertaining to read...
The Mississippi Rag
A serious study resource and an eccentric delight.
The Jazz Rag