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Art Blakey : jazz messenger / Leslie Gourse.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML419.B57 G68 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gourse, Leslie.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Blakey, Art, 1919-1990.
- Blakey, Art.
- Jazz Messengers.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 209 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Schirmer Trade Books, [2002]
- Summary:
- In the 1950s, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers introduced "hard bop," a blend of bebop, blues, gospel, and Latin music that has defined the jazz mainstream ever since. Although Blakey's influence as a drummer and bandleader was enormous, his greatest contribution may have been as a mentor to younger musicians such as Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan, Jackie McLean, and Wynton Marsalis. Leslie Gourse chronicles Blakey's colorful life and career, from his hardscrabble childhood in Pittsburgh to his final years as an international jazz icon.
- Contents:
- Words of Wisdom, Mantras and Maxims 9
- Rolling with the Punches 21
- Maturing as a Drummer 35
- The Jazz Messengers 45
- Expanding Horizons 61
- New Messengers 81
- Struggling in the Sixties 91
- Turns in the Road 115
- The Last Great Jazz Messengers 136
- Life in the 1980s 153
- Last True Tales 165.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0825672724
- OCLC:
- 53919668
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