Groovin' high : the life of Dizzy Gillespie / Alyn Shipton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shipton, Alyn.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993.

Gillespie, Dizzy.

Jazz musicians--United States--Biography.

Jazz musicians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (433 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Dizzy Gillespie was one of the most important and best-loved musicians in jazz history. With his horn-rimmed glasses, goatee, jive talk, and upraised trumpet bell, he was the hipster who most personified bebop. The musical heir to Louis Armstrong, he created the modern jazz trumpet-playing style and dazzled aficionados and popular audiences alike for over 50 years. In this first full biography, Alyn Shipton covers all aspects of Dizzy's remarkable life and career, taking us through his days as a flashy trumpet player in the swing bands of the 1930's, his innovative bebop work in the 1940's,

Contents:

Contents; Preface; 1 The Boy from Cheraw; 2 Philadelphia and the First Bands; 3 Teddy Hill and Edgar Hayes; 4 The First Records; 5 Cab Calloway and the Dawn of Bebop; 6 The Calloway Recordings; 7 Horn for Hire; 8 From Earl Hines to 52nd Street; 9 Billy Eckstine; 10 Bird, Big Band, and Berg's; 11 1945-The Records; 12 The Big Band, 1946

50; 13 The Big Band Records; 14 Dee Gee, Paris, and Massey Hall; 15 International Soloist; 16 The 1950's Big Bands; 17 Gillespiana; 18 Dizzy for President; 19 Giant of Jazz; 20 Old Man Time; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliography and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

9786610835324

9780190286828

0190286822

9781280835322

128083532X

9780198025191

019802519X

9780195349382

0195349385

OCLC:

742332558