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The music and life of Theodore "Fats" Navarro : infatuation / Leif Bo Petersen, Theo Rehak.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Petersen, Leif Bo, 1942-
- Series:
- Studies in jazz ; no. 59.
- Studies in jazz ; 59
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Navarro, Fats, 1923-1950.
- Navarro, Fats.
- Jazz musicians--United States--Biography.
- Jazz musicians.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (396 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2009.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- This is the first comprehensive study of the music and life of Theodore 'Fats' Navarro. It provides biographical, discographical, and analytical information on the trumpeter and his recorded legacy, offering new perspectives on Navarro's role in the history and emergence of Bebop.
- Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Musical Examples; Series Foreword; Preface; Intro - Key West; Chorus One: Theme - The Birth of a Jazz Musician; Cody; On the Road Up North; Chorus Two: Tutti - Big Band Apprenticeship; Wheelin' with Andy Kirk; Recordings with Andy Kirk, 1943-45; Fat Boy in B's Band; Recordings, Early 1945-46; Chorus Three: Solos - Fats Blows; Bebop Boy; Recordings, Second Half of 1946; Climbing up the Scene; Recordings, 1947; Interlude - The Romance of Junk; Chorus Four: More Solos - Lady Be Good; Hot House
- Recordings with HamptonThe Roost and Rena; Recordings, August-October 1948; Move; Recordings, November 1948-February 1949; Chorus Five: Outchorus - Twilight; Dance of the Infidels; Recordings, Second Half of 1949; Birdland Nights; Recordings, 1950; The Final Note; Coda-The Significance of Fats Navarro; Appendix A: Recording Techniques in the Navarro Era; Appendix B: Discographical Terms; Appendix C: Nomenclature for Navarro Recordings; Appendix D: The Compositions of Theodore Navarro; Appendix E: A Chronological Overview; Sources and Literature; Index; About the Authors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [357]-364) and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 979-88-8183-887-4
- 979-82-16-24657-2
- 1-283-60148-6
- 9786613913937
- 0-8108-6722-2
- OCLC:
- 828736708
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