Bird Lives

High Life and Hard Times of Charlie "Yardbird" Parker

Ross Russell (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

405 Seiten

1976 | New edition
Quartet Books (Verlag)
978-0-7043-3094-8 (ISBN)

Infos

This work on Charlie Bird Parker offers a picture of not only of the saxophonist-composer as an artist and as a human being, but also of zeitgeist and the musical/social setting that produced him. It shows his complex personality; his great appetites; the extent of his influence; and his work.

Autor

Ross Russell is the author of "The Sound, " a novel of the jazz world, and "Jazz Style in Kansas City and the Southwest." In 1946 he formed Dial Records, heading the company for a decade, during which he released records by Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Miles Davis.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.8.1976
• Zusatzinfo: illustrations
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Gewicht: 324 g
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Jazz / Blues
• ISBN-10: 0-7043-3094-6 / 0704330946
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7043-3094-8 / 9780704330948
• Zustand: Neuware