Studies in Jazz
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Book 9
Chip Deffaa presents the recollections of eighteen musicians, covering a wealth of American musical history.
Book 16
In Chip Deffaa's fourth collection we meet 14 dedicated musicians_none of whom (except for Marty Grosz) has ever before been profiled in a book_who fight to sustain early styles of jazz. How did they become champions of music from before their time? And how best, in their options, can classic jazz be kept alive? They include Vince Giordano, pianist Terry Waldo, banjoist Eddy Davis, cornetist Peter Ecklund, clarinetist Orange Kellin, guitarist Marty Grosz, clarinetist Joe Muranyi, trumpeter Richard Sudhalter, trombonist Dan Barrett, cornetist Ed Polcer, clarinetist Stan Rubin, singers Carrie Smith and Sandra-Reaves Philips, and Vernel Bagneris, multi-talented facilitator of revival.
In the 18 profiles that make up this book, the reader will hear the stories—mostly in their own words—of a lively array of contributors to mainstream jazz and popular music. New York Post jazz critic Chip Deffaa has interviewed musicians both famous and not so famous—big band leaders like drum whiz Ray McKinley, Andy Kirk, and "Twentieth Century Gabriel" Erskine Hawkins; celebrated sidemen like clarinetist Johnny Mince and bassist Bob Haggart; 1920's trumpeter Doc Cheatham and arranger Bill Challis; 30's trumpeter Bill Dillard; 40's saxist George Kelly; and drummer Sonny Igoe, pianist Dick Hyman, and drummer Jack Hanna of more recent years; plus Buddy Morrow, Oliver Jackson, Mahlon Clark, Joe Wilder, Bucky and John Pizzarelli, and Ken Peplowski.