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Synopsis
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.
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About the Author
Chip Deffaa, a jazz critic for the New York Post and England's Crescendo International, has written for many jazz and popular publications and contributed to the landmark New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. He is the author of two previous jazz oral history books, Swing Legacy (Scarecrow Press and the Rutgers Institute of Jazz Studies, 1990) and Voices of the Jazz Age (University of Illinois Press, 1990). He is at work on A Jazz Portrait Gallery.
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Deffaa continues to chronicle the swing era through interviews with veteran jazz musicians. His previous titles are Swing Legacy (Scarecrow, 1989) and Voices of the Jazz Age ( LJ 4/15/90). Deffaa's 18 subjects include band leaders Ray McKinley and Andy Kirk, trumpeters Doc Cheatham and Erskine Hawkins, drummers Jake Hanna and Oliver Jackson, guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli, and pianist Dick Hyman. Each recalls early musical experiences and career successes and regrets. They provide musical and historical context for pop songs and show business. Cheatham, for instance, describes befriending Louis Armstrong in Chicago. This volume offers valuable jazz history, yet it would have been nice had Deffaa profiled some of the many women in jazz, too.
- Paul Baker, CUNA Inc., Madison, Wis.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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In the Mainstream: 18 Portraits in Jazz (Studies in Jazz No. 11)
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The Scarecrow Press, Inc., Metuchen, NJ, 1992
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. 8vo. First printing. Book is As New in black boards with illustration and title in gilt. Dust jacket has a touch of wear at corners but presents As New. Published in conjunction with the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University. First-person stories from a range of jazz musicians including Doc Cheatham, Bill Challis, Andy Kirk, Ray McKinley, Bob Haggart, Erskine Hawkins, Bill Dillard, Johnny Mince, Buddy Morrow, George Kelly, Mahlon Clark, Sonny Igoe, Joe Wilder, Oliver Jackson, Bucky and John Pizzarelli, Ken Peplowski, Jake Hanna, and Dick Hyman. Photo illustrations. 390 pp. In protective Mylar. Seller Inventory # 75774