| Description |
310 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, music ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Da Capo paperback
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| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Beginnings -- London -- New York -- Mezz -- Benny -- Sessions and Excursions -- Transitions -- Transition -- Duke -- Press -- Goffin, Esquire and the Moldy Figs -- Leo -- From Dixieland to Bebop -- Prejudices -- Race -- Una to Jutta -- Sweethearts -- Lady -- Toshiko -- Melba to Stacy -- Business and Pleasures -- Business -- Recordings: Pre-ban -- Dinah and the Blues Years -- George -- MGM and EOJ -- Travels -- Westward -- USSR -- East -- Times -- Jazz at the White House -- Afloat -- Holy Land Jazz -- Music -- Touring: US 1958 and Europe 1972 -- A Year in the Life -- Coda -- Honours and Awards. |
| Summary |
Leonard Feather's autobiography is also the story of jazz over the last half-century. Since arriving in New York from London in 1935, he has managed to distinguish himself as a producer, composer, pianist, and one of the music's most acute critics. He was one of the first to champion the innovations of bebop in the pages of Esquire and Downbeat, also an ardent campaigner against racial barriers, and a friend to dozens of musicians. There are stories here about Feather's relationship with. |
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Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, Dizzy Gillespie, George Shearing, Joe Williams, Toshiko Akiyoshi, and many others. Filled with information about the recording business and the tricky art of criticism, this earwitness account of a lifetime in jazz caps a career that has been dedicated to the best that American culture has to offer. Book jacket. |
| Subject |
Feather, Leonard, 1914-1994.
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Music critics -- Biography.
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Jazz -- History and criticism.
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Feather, Leonard, 1914-1994. (OCoLC)fst01728987
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Music critics. (OCoLC)fst01030524
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| Genre/Form |
Jazz. (OCoLC)fst01726653
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Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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Jazz.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Feather, Leonard G. Jazz years. New York : Da Capo Press, 1987 (OCoLC)652053904 |
| ISBN |
0306802961 (paperback) |
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9780306802966 (paperback) |
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0306794683 |
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9780306794681 |
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