Art Blakey: Jazz Messenger
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (509 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0825672724 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 209 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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Author Leslie Gourse is a devoted, ardent, painstaking biographer. -- Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker
Art Blakey jazz history Having seen Art's band a number of times in the 60's and 70's I was curious about his place in the scheme of jazz history. I was also friends with his wife AtsukoWe had taught equal parts English and Japanese to each other.The book was chronological and uneven in writing styles. It must of been dependent on who Ms. Crouse was interviewing. The latter parts had more depth that the Art Blakey jazz history saladin Having seen Art's band a number of times in the 60's and 70's I was curious about his place in the scheme of jazz history. I was also friends with his wife AtsukoWe had taught equal parts English and Japanese to each other.The book was chronological and uneven in writing styles. It must of been dependent on who Ms. Crouse was interviewing. The latter parts had more depth that the 40's and 50's era. Still a satisfying read.Recommend to fans of his Messenger bands.. 0's and 50's era. Still a satisfying read.Recommend to fans of his Messenger bands.
Leslie Gourse is the award-winning author of some thirty books, including Straight, No Chaser: The Life and Genius of Thelonius Monk and Wynton Marsalis: Skain’s Domain. . A native of Fall River, Massachusetts, she acquired her love of jazz after moving to New York City to study creative writing at Columbia University
chronicle of Blakey's colorful life and career, from his hard-scrabble childhood in Pittsburgh to his final years as an international jazz icon