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The jazz life of Dr. Billy Taylor / Billy Taylor ; with Teresa L. Reed.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Taylor, Billy, 1921-2010.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jazz musicians--United States--Biography.
- Jazz musicians.
- Taylor, Billy, 1921-2010.
- Taylor, Billy.
- Genre:
- Autobiographies.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington ; Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is the autobiography of the legendary jazz ambassador whose work spans more than six decades, from the heyday of 52nd Street in 1940s New York City to CBS Sunday Morning. Beginning with his childhood in segregation-era Washington D.C., Taylor recounts how he came of age as a jazz musician in smoke-filled clubs pulsating with the rhythms of bebop, and later climbed to world acclaim as an internationally recognized music educator and popular media figure. Through his life's work, Taylor fought not only for the recognition of Black musicians as key contributors to the American music repertoire.
- Contents:
- Beginnings : 1921-1938
- College years : 1938-1942
- Making waves : 1943-1946
- The subject is jazz : 1946-1958
- From "tobacco tags" to the urban airwaves : 1959-1968
- How it feels to be free : 1969-1990
- Reflections.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references, index.
- Includes discography (p. 201-212).
- ISBN:
- 9780253009173
- 0253009170
- OCLC:
- 839304382
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