Hard bop academy : the sidemen of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers / Alan Goldsher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goldsher, Alan, 1966-

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jazz musicians.

Blakey, Art, 1919-1990.

Blakey, Art.

Jazz Messengers.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xix, 179 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Milwaukee, WI : Hal Leonard, [2002]

Summary:

Jazz legend ART BLAKEY was not only a distinguished, inventive, powerful drummer, but along with Duke Ellington and Miles Davis, he was one of jazz's foremost talent scouts. The instrumentalists who flowed in and out of Blakey's ever-evolving collective, the Jazz Messengers, during their 36-year run were among the most important artists not just of their eras, but of any era. Part oral history, part loving homage, bassist/novelist/journalist Alan Goldsher's Hard Bop Academy: The Sidemen of Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers is an affectionate look at some of the brilliant instrumentalists who helped make the Jazz Messengers one of the most enduring, most popular, most reliable, most vital small bands in modern jazz history. Featuring firsthand interviews with 24 former Jazz Messengers including Horace Silver, Freddie Hubbard, Cedar Walton, and Wynton Marsalis -- as well as introductions by Branford Marsalis, Terence Blanchard, Javon Jackson, and Bobby Watson -- Hard Bop Academy is a literary jam session saluting a group that always had and always will deliver the hard bop message.

Contents:

Art Blakey : the messenger and his message

High modes : the trumpeters

Noise in the attic : the saxophonists

Roots and herbs : the pianists

The big beat : the bass clef

Theory of Art : Messengers pay homage to Art Blakey

The sidemen of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

ISBN:

0634037935

OCLC:

50606413