The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz

The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz
Leonard Feather (Editor), Ira Gitler (Editor)
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Do you want to know when Duke Ellington was king of The Cotton Club? Have you ever wondered how old Miles Davis was when he got his first trumpet?
From birth dates to gig dates and from recordings to television specials, Leonard Feather and Ira Gitler have left no stone unturned in their quest for accurate, detailed information on the careers of 3.300 jazz musicians from around the world. We learn that Duke Ellington worked his magic at The Cotton Club from 1927 to 1931, and that on Miles Davis's thirteenth birthday, his father gave him his first trumpet. Jazz is fast moving, and this edition clearly and concisely maps out an often dizzying web of professional associations. We find, for instance, that when Miles Davis was a St. Louis teenager he encountered Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie for the first time. This meeting proved fateful, and by 1945 a nineteen-year-old Davis had left Juilliard to play with Parker on 52nd Street. Knowledge of these professional alliances, along with the countless others chronicled in this book, are central to tracing the development of significant jazz movements, such as the "cool jazz" that became one of Miles Davis's hallmarks.
Arranged alphabetically according to last name, each entry of this book chronologically lists the highlights of every jazz musician's career. Highly accessible and vigorously researched, The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz is, quite simply, the most comprehensive jazz encyclopedia available.

• Rank: #697381 in Books
• Published on: 2007-04-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.88" h x 1.77" w x 6.97" l, 2.52 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 744 pages

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Feather and Gitler have left no stone unturned in their quest for accurate, detailed information on the careers of 3300 jazz musicians from around the world. Arranged alphabetically, each entry of this book lists the highlights of every jazz musician's career.

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