Conversations in jazz : the Ralph J. Gleason interviews / edited by Toby Gleason ; foreword and introductory notes by Ted Gioia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gleason, Ralph J., author, interviewer.

Contributor:

Gleason, Toby, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gleason, Ralph J--Interviews.

Gleason, Ralph J.

Jazz.

Music journalists--Interviews.

Music journalists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016]

Summary:

During his nearly forty years as a music journalist, Ralph J. Gleason recorded many in-depth interviews with some of the greatest jazz musicians of all time. These informal sessions, conducted mostly in Gleason's Berkeley, California, home, have never been transcribed and published in full until now. This remarkable volume, a must-read for any jazz fan, serious musician, or musicologist, reveals fascinating, little-known details about these gifted artists, their lives, their personas, and, of course, their music. Bill Evans discusses his battle with severe depression, while John Coltrane talks about McCoy Tyner's integral role in shaping the sound of the Coltrane quartet, praising the pianist enthusiastically. Included also are interviews with Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, Quincy Jones, Jon Hendricks, and the immortal Duke Ellington, plus seven more of the most notable names in twentieth-century jazz.

Contents:

Foreword / by Ted Gioia

John Coltrane

Quincy Jones

Dizzy Gillespie

John Lewis

Milt Jackson

Percy Heath

Connie Kay

Sonny Rollins

"Philly" Joe Jones

Bill Evans

Horace Silver

Duke Ellington

Les McCann

Jon Hendricks.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 2, 2016).

ISBN:

9780300220742

030022074X