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03622aam a2200445 i 4500 001 69EB1FA8875711E9A56C064497128E48 003 SILO 005 20190605010028 008 180726t20192019msua b s001 0aeng c 010 $a 2018032924 020 $a 1496821173 020 $a 9781496821171 035 $a (OCoLC)1048656977 040 $a MsSM/DLC/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d YDX $d BDX $d NYP $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk-en $a e-uk-en 050 00 $a ML419 W536 A3 2019 100 1 $a Wilson, Clive $c (Trumpet player) $e author. 245 10 $a Time of my life : $b a jazz journey from London to New Orleans / $c Clive Wilson ; with a foreword by Tom Sancton. 263 $a 1904 264 1 $a Jackson : $b University Press of Mississippi, $c [2019] 300 $a xiv, 197 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a American made music series 500 $a "First printing 2019." 500 $a "Portions of this work appeared in a different form in New Orleans Music and JazzBeat." 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "New Orleans is a kind of Mecca for jazz pilgrims, as Whitney Balliett once wrote. This memoir tells the story of one aspiring pilgrim, Clive Wilson, who fell in love with New Orleans jazz in his early teens while in boarding school in his native England. It is also his story of gradually becoming disenchanted with his family and English environment and, ultimately, finding acceptance and a new home in New Orleans. The timing of his arrival, at age twenty-two, just a few weeks after the signing of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the end of legal segregation, placed him in a unique position with the mostly African American musicians in New Orleans. They showed him around, brought him into their lives, gave him music lessons, and even hired him to play trumpet in brass bands. In short, Wilson became more than a pilgrim; he became an apprentice, and for the first time, legally, in New Orleans, he could make that leap. Time of My Life: A Jazz Journey from London to New Orleans tells the story of Wilson's journey as he discovers the contrast between his imagined New Orleans and its reality. Throughout, he delivers his impressions and interactions with such local musicians as 'Fat Man' Williams, Manuel Manetta, Punch Miller, and Billie and DeDe Pierce. As his playing improves, invitations to play in local bands increase. Eventually, he joins in the jam and, by doing so, integrates the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, which had been in continuous existence since 1911. Except for a brief epilogue, this memoir ends in 1979, when Wilson assembles his own band for the first time, the Original Camellia Jazz Band, with musicians who had been among his heroes when he first arrived in New Orleans."--Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Wilson, Clive $c (Trumpet player) 600 17 $a Wilson, Clive $c (Trumpet player) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01759508 650 0 $a Jazz musicians $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Jazz musicians $z England $v Biography. 650 0 $a Jazz $z New Orleans $z New Orleans $x History and criticism. 700 1 $a Sancton, Thomas $q (Thomas Alexander), $d 1949- $e writer of foreword. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Wilson, Clive (Trumpet player). $t Time of my life. $d Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2019] $z 9781496821188 $w (DLC) 2018038139 830 0 $a American made music series. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231017022339.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190806074807.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=69EB1FA8875711E9A56C064497128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search