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Language: en
Pages: 634
Authors: Dizzy Gillespie
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009 - Publisher: U of Minnesota Press

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Bebop
Language: en
Pages: 406
Authors: Scott Yanow
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000 - Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

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Presents a history of bebop from its roots in the late 1930s; describes the musicians, bands, and composers who contributed to this style of jazz; and evaluates
The Masters Of Bebop
Language: en
Pages: 330
Authors: Ira Gitler
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-02-18 - Publisher: Da Capo Press

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Back in the early 1940s, late at night in the clubs of Harlem, a handful of jazz musicians began to experiment with a style that no one had ever heard before. T
Joined at the Hip
Language: en
Pages: 264
Authors: Jay Goetting
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011 - Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press

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From the early days through Prohibition and the swing era, then to bebop and beyond, this is the story of jazz music, musicians, and venues in Minneapolis and S
The Woodchopper's Ball
Language: en
Pages: 212
Authors: Woody Herman
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 1994 - Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

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Recounts his life from his early years with a hopeful "stage father," his years on the road, his wife's battle with alcoholism, and his financial difficulties,