Drawing on interviews, biographies and the archives of the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA, this collection of essays provides portraits of such jazz greats as Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, Duke Ellington, Tommy Dorsey, Dizzie Gillespie, Charlie Parker and Eddie Condon. Ranging from stage fright to stardom, racism to the importance of a good nickname, these stories offer fresh perspectives on the life of a jazz musician, and unique insights into the historical and social impact of jazz on 20th-century America.
- ISBN10 0195055888
- ISBN13 9780195055887
- Publish Date 17 May 1990
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 15 May 2000
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 364
- Language English