Artist Biographies, pg3 2 1 next It's About Time: The Dave Brubeck Story by Gene Lees (Introduction), Fred M. Hall Paperback, 240 pages; List: $18.00 Amazon.com Price: $15.30 ~ You Save: $2.70 (15%) Published by Univ of Arkansas Press; Publication date: February 1996 Dimensions (in inches): 9.26 x 5.83 x .76 ISBN: 1557284059 [Order] Hardcover, 240 pages; List: $30.00 Amazon.com Price: $22.50 ~ You Save: $7.50 (25%) Published by Univ of Arkansas Press; Publication date: February 1996 Dimensions (in inches): 9.57 x 6.31 x 1.07 ISBN: 1557284040 [Order] Stan Getz: A Life in Jazz by Donald L. Maggin 1st Ed, Hardcover, List: $25.00 Amazon.com Price: $18.75 ~ You Save: $6.25 (25%) Published by William Morrow & Company; Publication date: March 1,1996 Dimensions (in inches): 9.56 x 6.46 x 1.54 ISBN: 0688123155 [Order] review: Amazon.com Books: When he was 16, Stan Getz was touring with Jack Teagarden. He won his first Down Beat reader's poll when he was 23. In the early 1960s, he helped inaugurate the bossa nova craze with his recordings of "Desafinado" and "The Girl from Ipanema." But there were times when he was nearly as well known for his messy personal life as his beautiful musicianship. A long-time abuser of drugs and alcohol, he was a notorious philanderer who beat his wife. Somehow, he managed to age gracefully. "The thing I will always be proud of is this," he told the New York Times not long before he died of cancer in 1991, "toward the end of my life, I became what I always should have been--a decent gentleman." The New York Times Book Review, Bill Beuttler: Stan Getz: A Life In Jazz provides a useful introduction to this influential musician's life and work. Synopsis: Stan Getz's 19-year career encompassed the tumultuous eras of big band swing, be-bop, and free jazz. He was a featured saxophonist in the Stan Kenton, Benny Goodman, and Woody Herman big bands, and he led his own distinguished combos through the be-bop period and beyond. This definitive biography provides a comprehensive account of the life of this jazz legend. 25 photos. Klook: The Story of Kenny Clarke by Mike Hennessey Reprint Edition, Paperback, List: $22.50 Amazon.com Price: $19.13 ~ You Save: $3.37 (15%) Published by Univ of Pittsburgh Press; Publication date: August 1994 ISBN: 0822958090 [Order] The Baby Dodds Story by Baby Dodds, Larry Gara Revised, Paperback, 105 pgs, List: $11.95 Amazon.com Price: $11.95 Published by Louisiana State Univ Pr.; Publication date: March 1, 1992 Dimensions (in inches): 8.45 x 5.49 x .32 ISBN: 0807117560 [Order] Bouncing With Bud : All the Recordings of Bud Powell by Carl Smith Paperback, List: $18.95 Amazon.com Price: $18.95 Published by Biddle Pub Co; Publication date: May 1997 ISBN: 1879418274 [Order] Clifford Brown : The Life and Art of the Legendary Jazz Trumpeter by Nick Catalano Hardcover, 224 pages, List Price: $25.00 Amazon.com Price: $20.00 ~ You Save: $5.00 (20%) Published by Oxford Univ Pr (Trade); Publication date: May 2000 Dimensions (in inches): 0.83 x 9.55 x 6.40 ISBN: 0195100832 [Order] Open Sky : Sonny Rollins and His World of Improvisation by Eric Nisenson, Sonny Rollins Hardcover, 1st edition, 216 pages, List Price: $24.95 Amazon.com Price: $19.96 ~ You Save: $4.99 (20%) Published by St. Martins Press (Trade); Publication date: March 2000 Dimensions (in inches): 0.89 x 9.57 x 6.37 ISBN: 0312253303 [Order] Bright Moments : The Life & Legacy of Rahsaan Roland Kirk by John Kruth Hardcover, 404 pages, List Price: $28.95 Amazon.com Price: $28.95 Welcome Rain Publishers; Publication date: February 2000 Dimensions (in inches): 1.35 x 9.34 x 6.32 ISBN: 1566491053 [Order] [Back] [More] [Jazz History/Criticism/Essays] [Photography/Art] [Reference Guides] [Bookstore index] [Home]
It's About Time: The Dave Brubeck Story by Gene Lees (Introduction), Fred M. Hall Paperback, 240 pages; List: $18.00 Amazon.com Price: $15.30 ~ You Save: $2.70 (15%) Published by Univ of Arkansas Press; Publication date: February 1996 Dimensions (in inches): 9.26 x 5.83 x .76 ISBN: 1557284059 [Order] Hardcover, 240 pages; List: $30.00 Amazon.com Price: $22.50 ~ You Save: $7.50 (25%) Published by Univ of Arkansas Press; Publication date: February 1996 Dimensions (in inches): 9.57 x 6.31 x 1.07 ISBN: 1557284040 [Order] Stan Getz: A Life in Jazz by Donald L. Maggin 1st Ed, Hardcover, List: $25.00 Amazon.com Price: $18.75 ~ You Save: $6.25 (25%) Published by William Morrow & Company; Publication date: March 1,1996 Dimensions (in inches): 9.56 x 6.46 x 1.54 ISBN: 0688123155 [Order] review: Amazon.com Books: When he was 16, Stan Getz was touring with Jack Teagarden. He won his first Down Beat reader's poll when he was 23. In the early 1960s, he helped inaugurate the bossa nova craze with his recordings of "Desafinado" and "The Girl from Ipanema." But there were times when he was nearly as well known for his messy personal life as his beautiful musicianship. A long-time abuser of drugs and alcohol, he was a notorious philanderer who beat his wife. Somehow, he managed to age gracefully. "The thing I will always be proud of is this," he told the New York Times not long before he died of cancer in 1991, "toward the end of my life, I became what I always should have been--a decent gentleman." The New York Times Book Review, Bill Beuttler: Stan Getz: A Life In Jazz provides a useful introduction to this influential musician's life and work. Synopsis: Stan Getz's 19-year career encompassed the tumultuous eras of big band swing, be-bop, and free jazz. He was a featured saxophonist in the Stan Kenton, Benny Goodman, and Woody Herman big bands, and he led his own distinguished combos through the be-bop period and beyond. This definitive biography provides a comprehensive account of the life of this jazz legend. 25 photos. Klook: The Story of Kenny Clarke by Mike Hennessey Reprint Edition, Paperback, List: $22.50 Amazon.com Price: $19.13 ~ You Save: $3.37 (15%) Published by Univ of Pittsburgh Press; Publication date: August 1994 ISBN: 0822958090 [Order] The Baby Dodds Story by Baby Dodds, Larry Gara Revised, Paperback, 105 pgs, List: $11.95 Amazon.com Price: $11.95 Published by Louisiana State Univ Pr.; Publication date: March 1, 1992 Dimensions (in inches): 8.45 x 5.49 x .32 ISBN: 0807117560 [Order] Bouncing With Bud : All the Recordings of Bud Powell by Carl Smith Paperback, List: $18.95 Amazon.com Price: $18.95 Published by Biddle Pub Co; Publication date: May 1997 ISBN: 1879418274 [Order] Clifford Brown : The Life and Art of the Legendary Jazz Trumpeter by Nick Catalano Hardcover, 224 pages, List Price: $25.00 Amazon.com Price: $20.00 ~ You Save: $5.00 (20%) Published by Oxford Univ Pr (Trade); Publication date: May 2000 Dimensions (in inches): 0.83 x 9.55 x 6.40 ISBN: 0195100832 [Order] Open Sky : Sonny Rollins and His World of Improvisation by Eric Nisenson, Sonny Rollins Hardcover, 1st edition, 216 pages, List Price: $24.95 Amazon.com Price: $19.96 ~ You Save: $4.99 (20%) Published by St. Martins Press (Trade); Publication date: March 2000 Dimensions (in inches): 0.89 x 9.57 x 6.37 ISBN: 0312253303 [Order] Bright Moments : The Life & Legacy of Rahsaan Roland Kirk by John Kruth Hardcover, 404 pages, List Price: $28.95 Amazon.com Price: $28.95 Welcome Rain Publishers; Publication date: February 2000 Dimensions (in inches): 1.35 x 9.34 x 6.32 ISBN: 1566491053 [Order]
Hardcover, 240 pages; List: $30.00 Amazon.com Price: $22.50 ~ You Save: $7.50 (25%) Published by Univ of Arkansas Press; Publication date: February 1996 Dimensions (in inches): 9.57 x 6.31 x 1.07 ISBN: 1557284040 [Order]