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DIZZY / LIFE AND TIMES OF JOHN BIRKS GILLESPIE - HARDBACK WITH DJ - 1ST EDITION
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Special Attributes
- 1st Edition
- Country of Manufacture
- United States
- ISBN
- 9780688170882
- Book Title
- Dizzy : the Life and Times of John Birks Gillespie
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.3in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Music
- Topic
- Composers & Musicians, Individual Composer & Musician, Genres & Styles / Jazz
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 26.4 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 432 Pages
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Product Information
Dizzy Gillespie has secured his place in the jazz pantheon as one of the most expressive and virtuosic improvisers in the history of music. But he was much more than that. As one of the primary creators of the bebop and Afro-Cuban revolutions, he twice fundamentally changed the way jazz improvisation was done. And he later extended his revolutionary reach by transforming the aesthetic of big band jazz. This vivid biography chronicles Dizzy's saga from the lowest rung on the American social and political ladder to the highest. Born black in fiercely racist Cheraw, South Carolina, in 1917, Dizzy combined great energy, a furious drive to succeed, and a one-in-a-million talent to climb quickly out of rural poverty to a role among the Swing Era jazz elite before his twenty-first birthday. Author Donald L. Maggin shows how, with bebop during the late 1930s and early 1940s, Dizzy and four colleagues -- Charlie Parker, Kenny Clarke, Thelonious Monk, and Charlie Christian -- radically expanded the rhythmic and harmonic foundations of jazz. And he illustrates how Dizzy and Mario Bauza recast the music duing the late 1940s by enriching it with invigorating and exciting Afro-Cuban polyrhythms. He also relates how Dizzy and his colleagues endured a torrent of criticism before their innovations were accepted into the mainstream. Dizzy's story takes us on the road with the great Calloway, Hines, and Eckstine bands and to Cheraw's cotton fields, Harlem's afterhours clubs, the teeming 1940s Fifty-second Street jazz scene, the rhythmic barrios of Havana, Rio's samba festivals, the White House, and the world's great concert halls as Dizzy teamed up with prodigious talents to make great music during a career spanning fifty-five years. It also records his spiritual growth over the decades and the intense love he earned from those close to him. As an entertainer Dizzy combined his electrifying musicianship with an infectious warmth and rare comedic skills, becoming beloved worldwide and achieving a popularity that few jazz musicians have ever enjoyed.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0688170889
ISBN-13
9780688170882
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30891795
Product Key Features
Book Title
Dizzy : the Life and Times of John Birks Gillespie
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Composers & Musicians, Individual Composer & Musician, Genres & Styles / Jazz
Publication Year
2005
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Music
Number of Pages
432 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
1.3in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
26.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ml419.G54m34 2005
Copyright Date
2005
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2004-059789
Dewey Decimal
788.9/2165/092 B
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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