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The Great Jazz Pianists: Speaking of Their Lives and Music

Categorie	Jazz & Blues
Boeknummer	#419279-VH3
Titel	The Great Jazz Pianists: Speaking of Their Lives and Music
Auteur	Lyons, Len
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	New York, NY : Da Capo Press
Jaar van uitgave	1989
ISBN10	0306803437
ISBN13	9780306803437
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, illustrated with photographs in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting	This comprehensive survey of jazz piano, beginning with a brief history of the instrument within the jazz tradition and concluding with interviews that present twenty-seven pianists in their own words, is both wonderfully anecdotal and a serious piece of jazz history. Lyons has assembled a giant concert of piano voices—Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, Teddy Wilson, Oscar Peterson, Keith Jarrett, Randy Weston, Cecil Taylor, Horace Silver, Dave Brubeck, Sun Ra, McCoy Tyner, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Chick Corea, and many others. The pianists are candid, intense, and always opinionated. Yet their responses are infused with a keen appreciation for fellow musicians, their contemporaries, and those who came before—Walter, Tatum, Ellington. For pianists everywhere, whatever their individual style,... (Lees verder) this book will speak to and for you as it expresses the thoughts of its many great artists.
Pagina's	321
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 12,50

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