On the heels of swing bebop lifted jazz from the dance floor into an art form powered by virtuoso players. This engaging collection of essays biographies and reviews by veteran jazz journalist Scott Yanow probes the lives and revolutionary works of more than 500 great beboppers including the giants: Charlie Parker Dizzie Gillespie Bud Powell Max Roach and Thelonious Monk. The guide also explores key artists such as Sarah Vaughan Charlie Christian and the young Miles Davis plus such later figures as Joe Pass and Barry Harris.
- ISBN10 0879306084
- ISBN13 9780879306083
- Publish Date 1 August 2000
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Hal Leonard Corporation
- Imprint Backbeat Books
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 402
- Language English