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Living the Jazz Life
W. Royal Stokes
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Description for Living the Jazz Life
Paperback. A seasoned jazz critic draws on his interviews of forty musicians, from Slide Hampton and Bucky Pizzarelli to Dee Dee Bridgewater and Diana Krall, illuminating their lives, careers, and art. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16pp halftone plates. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 452.
W. Royal Stokes' The Jazz Scene (OUP-USA 1991) was highly praised as an oral history of jazz, which, said famous jazz writer Stanley Dance, "put together a kind of mosaic that effectively illustrated the whole subject in a novel and informative way." His new collection, Jazz Profiles, follows the same successful model, but deals with jazz oral history in some significantly different ways. Stokes' interviews strongly focus on how the different musicians got involved with jazz when young and how their careers developed from an early age. This presents a wonderful range of perspectives on what makes jazz musicians. ... Read more
W. Royal Stokes' The Jazz Scene (OUP-USA 1991) was highly praised as an oral history of jazz, which, said famous jazz writer Stanley Dance, "put together a kind of mosaic that effectively illustrated the whole subject in a novel and informative way." His new collection, Jazz Profiles, follows the same successful model, but deals with jazz oral history in some significantly different ways. Stokes' interviews strongly focus on how the different musicians got involved with jazz when young and how their careers developed from an early age. This presents a wonderful range of perspectives on what makes jazz musicians. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195152494
SKU
V9780195152494
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About W. Royal Stokes
W. Royal Stokes is recognized as a major jazz writer and critic. His previous book, The Jazz Scene, another collection of jazz interviews, was well received. Stokes has served as jazz critic for the Washington Post and has written extensively for such jazz magazines as Down Beat and the Jazz Review.
Reviews for Living the Jazz Life
"W. Royal Stokes has contributed invaluably to jazz history from the inside. Living the Jazz Life is particularly unique because it focuses on how these diversified players became jazz musicians."
Nat Hentoff "Like a long jam session."
Kirkus Reviews "W. Royal Stokes has contributed invaluably to jazz history from the inside. Living the Jazz Life is particularly unique because it focuses on ... Read more
Nat Hentoff "Like a long jam session."
Kirkus Reviews "W. Royal Stokes has contributed invaluably to jazz history from the inside. Living the Jazz Life is particularly unique because it focuses on ... Read more