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HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
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Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008
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Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography.
Jazz -- History and criticism.
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Giants of jazz / Stu...
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Giants of jazz / Studs Terkel ; sketches by Robert Galster.
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Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008
New York : The New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton, 2002, c1975.
Subjects
Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography.
Jazz -- History and criticism.
ISBN:
1565847695 :
Description:
214 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Edition:
Rev. ed. / rev. and updated by Studs Terkel, with Milly Hawk Daniel.
Contents:
Joe Oliver, the king -- Louis Armstrong, Ambassador of jazz -- Bessie Smith, empress of the blues -- Bix [Beiderbecke], young man with a horn -- Fats Waller, the laughing genius -- Duke Ellington, sounds of life -- Benny Goodman, king of swing -- Count Basie: "Jump for joy" -- Billie Holiday: "God bless the child" -- Woody Herman, leader of the herd -- Dizzy Gillespie, explorer of new sounds -- Charlie Parker, Yardbird -- John Coltrane: the search continues -- Jazz is the music of many.
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Brief biographies of thirteen jazz musicians who have made major contributions to the development of this form of music.
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Hawaii Kai Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
781.65092 Te
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Art, Music & Recreation
781.65092 Te
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Kapolei Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
782.65092 Te
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