Sideman: The Long Gig Of W. O. Smith, A Memoir
Language: English
Published by Rutledge Hill Press, Nashville, 1991
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Peninsula Books, Traverse City, MI, U.S.A.Peninsula Books
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Condition: Used - Near fine
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Introduction by Dizzy Gillespie. Historical account of early jazz by one who participated in it--"the connection between the early New Orleans jazzmen and modern jazz took place right before my eyes ". A nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings. Tiny bit of edgewear with short tear to top of dust jacket, else it is also in nice condition. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 319 pages.
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- Title
- Sideman: The Long Gig Of W. O. Smith, A Memoir
- Author
- Smith, W. O.
- Publisher
- Rutledge Hill Press, Nashville
- Publication year
- 1991
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1558531327
- ISBN 13
- 9781558531321
- Edition
- First Edition.
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Reviews
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
This autobiography chronicles the life of the recently deceased jazz bassist. Smith describes his introduction to jazz in Philadelphia, his brief stints with jazz giants Dizzy Gillespie, Coleman Hawkins, Thelonious Monk, and Charlie Parker, and his impressions of the early 1940s New York jazz scene. Sideman primarily deals with the academic career of Smith, who earned a Ph.D. in music and taught at a number of institutions including Tennessee State University in Nashville, where he performed with the Nashville Symphony and established the Community School. Engaging, personal, and witty, his account provides testament of a noted music educator and offers an interesting, though somewhat limited, glimpse of the jazz life, especially during the early 1940s in New York. Recommended for libraries and scholars with a music focus.
- David Szatmary, Univ. of Washington, Seattle
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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