Authors: Studs Terkel, Milly Hawk Daniel (With), Studs Terkel
ISBN-13: 9781565849990, ISBN-10: 156584999X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: New Press, The
Date Published: September 2006
Edition: Revised
One of the greatest oral historians of the 20th century, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, actor, and broadcaster Studs Terkel was a national treasure and a beloved institution in his native Chicago. His award-winning books, based on conversations with Americans from all walks of life, form a unique chronicle of a nation in the throes of socio-political change.
A beautifully illustrated edition of Studs Terkel's timeless portraits of America's jazz legends, for readers of all ages.
Studs Terkel's first book, Giants of Jazz, is the master interviewer's unique tribute to America's jazz greats, now available in an affordable paperback edition with the original illustrations and discography.
The thirteen profiles in this "luminous" (Jazzwise) collection weave together stories of the individual jazz musicians' lives with the history of the jazz era, and the music's evolution from the speakeasies of New York to the concert halls of the world's greatest cities. Terkela lifelong fan and friend of many of these legendsuses firsthand interviews with artists such as Louis Armstrong, John Coltrane, Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, and Charlie Parker to tell the human stories behind the giants who shaped this uniquely American music form. Some of the many fascinating details Terkel relates include Joe Oliver's favorite meal, Fats Waller's 1932 rendezvous in Paris with eminent organist Marcel Dupré, Dizzy Gillespie's childhood trip to a pawnshop to buy his first horn, and the origin of Billie Holiday's nickname. Paperback with French flaps, thirteen b/w illustrations.
1 | Joe Oliver, the King | 1 |
2 | Louis Armstrong, Ambassador of Jazz | 18 |
3 | Bessie Smith, Empress of the Blues | 33 |
4 | Bix, Young Man with a Horn | 47 |
5 | Fats Waller, the Laughing Genius | 61 |
6 | Duke Ellington, Sounds of Life | 75 |
7 | Benny Goodman, King of Swing | 94 |
8 | Count Basie, "Jump for Joy" | 112 |
9 | Billie Holiday, "God Bless' the Child" | 124 |
10 | Woody Herman, Leader of the Herd | 137 |
11 | Dizzy Gillespie, Explorer of New Sounds | 150 |
12 | Charlie Parker, Yardbird | 166 |
13 | John Coltrane, the Search Continues | 175 |
14 | Jazz Is the Music of Many | 182 |
Discography | 191 | |
Index | 203 |