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Author:

Hentoff, Nat.

Title:

At the jazz band ball : sixty years on the jazz scene / Nat Hentoff ; foreword by Lewis Porter.

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xvii, 246 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Music--History and criticism.
Jazz--History and criticism.

Notes:

"Roth Family Foundation music in America imprint"--Prelim. p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-226) and index.

Contents:

What am I here for? The rules of my jazz odyssey -- In the presence of Ellington -- Jazz credentials -- The jazz life on and off the road -- Who is a jazz singer? -- The life force of the music -- Finding the first amendment groove -- Roots -- The survivors -- The regenerators -- The master teachers.

Summary:

A collection of essays, interviews, and personal recollections in which Nat Hentoff reflects on the inside history of jazz music and the people who shaped its development.

ISBN:

0520261135 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520261136 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)440282046

LCCN:

2009038153

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)