Whisper not : the autobiography of Benny Golson / Benny Golson and Jim Merod.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Golson, Benny, author.

Merod, Jim, 1942- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Golson, Benny.

Jazz musicians--United States--Biography.

Jazz musicians.

United States.

Saxophonists--United States--Biography.

Saxophonists.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

xv, 335 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Temple University Press, 2016.

Contents:

John Coltrane. One of a kind: John Coltrane ; John and I meet Diz and Bird ; John becomes a dynamo

The 'hood and youthful reckonings. Uncle Robert and the man ; Two heroes and a night at Minton's ; Early tragedies and victories ; Welfare days, hard times

Great people. No one else: Bobbie Hurd ; Moose and Bostic ; Art Blakey's neophytes and Tadd Dameron's luck ; Further adventures with Tadd and an evening with Louis Armstrong ; The duel: Clifford Brown and Fats Navarro ; Wonder and beauty: Betty Carter and Art Farmer ; Genius squared: Jimmy and Percy Heath ; Unrivaled aces: Sarah Vaughan and Bill Evans ; Four "brothers": Mulgrew Miller, Woody Herman, Henry Brant, and George Russell

Hollywood. Starting over ; Gettin' my mojo workin' ; M*A*S*H ; Movie stars like jazz, too

Amazing friendships. Quincy Jones ; Sweets and Diz ; Philly Joe Jones ; Monk, Max, and Dinah ; Curtis Fuller and the jazztet

Music and writing. Writing ; Lessons ; "Stablemates": my first recorded song ; "Along came Betty" ; "I remember Clifford" ; The ballad and "Weight"

Icons. Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks ; Duke and Strayhorn ; Coleman Hawkins ; Art Blakey and Thelonious Monk ; Blakey and the jazz messengers ; Kenny Dorham and Lee Morgan ; Sonny Rollins ; Great performances: Oscar Pettiford, Ron Carter, Billy Higgins, Billy Taylor, and Walter Davis, Jr. ; Charles Mingus, Benny Goodman, Gigi Gryce, and Horace Silver ; Peggy Lee and Diana Ross ; Milt "Bags" Jackson, Larry Young, Joe Farrell, and Tony Williams ; Wynton Kelly and Chick Corea ; Miles Davis and Geoffrey Keezer ; Mickey Rooney, Redd Foxx, Jersey Joe Walcott, and Muhammad Ali

Verses and a coda. Notes on starting over ; The blues ; Brielle ; Coda: a new way of life.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781439913338

1439913331

OCLC:

929544183