ISBN: 9780306806797

"The best biography of any jazz musician that we have. Bird Lives! --Ralph Gleason "Inspired by great affection and dedication, Bird Lives! provides a vivid and accurate picture not only … Mehr…

"The best biography of any jazz musician that we have. Bird Lives! --Ralph Gleason "Inspired by great affection and dedication, Bird Lives! provides a vivid and accurate picture not only of the saxophonist-composer as artist and human being but of his zeitgeist and the musical/social setting that produced him. The Nile on eBay   FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE   Bird Lives! by Ross Russell 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. FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description "The best biography of any jazz musician that we have. Bird Lives! will stand for a long time as a major source of information and illumination not only of the great musician with whom it deals but of the entire jazz life in this society."--Ralph Gleason "Inspired by great affection and dedication, Bird Lives! provides a vivid and accurate picture not only of the saxophonist-composer as artist and human being but of his zeitgeist and the musical/social setting that produced him. Parker was an immensely complex personality; saint and satyr, loving father and footloose vagabond, with a limitless appetite for sex, music, food, pills, heroin, liquor, life. A man of vast influence, the most admired and imitated creator of the mid-1940s bop revolution, he was forced to work in dives, reduced to bumming dollars when he should have been respected as a reigning virtuoso. . . . A sensitive, penetrating portrait."--Leonard Feather, Los Angeles Times "One of the very few jazz books that deserve to be called literature . . . perhaps the finest writing on jazz to be found anywhere. . . . Those aware of Parker's genius cannot do without this book."--Grover Sales, Saturday Review Author Biography 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. Table of Contents * At Billy Bergs: An Obbligato Part I * Heavenly City * Getting Straight * Kansas City Mystique * Trials of Manhood * Modes * The Making of a Jazzman Part II * Woodshedding in the Ozarks * The Apple * Hootie * The Band That Played the Blues * The Bebop Laboratory * The Last of the Big Bands * The Street * A Dizzy Atmosphere Part III * The Independent Record Derby * Yardbird in Lotus Land * Sparrows Last Jump * Relaxin at Camarillo * Klactoveesedstene * Bird at Work * Birdland Part IV * Travels with a Genius * A Queer Night in Brussels * The Jazz Baroness * King Pleasure * Down and Out in New York * At the Hotel Stanhope * Coda: Six Pretty Horses Pullin Me Details ISBN0306806797 Author Ross Russell Short Title BIRD LIVES Language English ISBN-10 0306806797 ISBN-13 9780306806797 Media Book Format Paperback Illustrations Yes Year 1996 Imprint Da Capo Press Inc Place of Publication Cambridge, MA Subtitle The High Life And Hard Times Of Charlie (Yardbird) Parker Country of Publication United States DOI 10.1604/9780306806797 UK Release Date 1996-03-22 AU Release Date 1996-03-22 NZ Release Date 1996-03-22 US Release Date 1996-03-22 Pages 432 Publisher Hachette Books Publication Date 1996-03-22 DEWEY 788.73165092 Audience General We've got thisAt The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it.With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICYNo questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERYNo matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. SECURE PAYMENTPeace of mind by paying through PayPal and eBay Buyer Protection TheNile_Item_ID:26293170; , Neu, Festpreisangebot, [LT: FixedPrice], ISBN-13: 9780306806797, Publication Year: 1996, Format: Paperback, Language: English, Book Title: Bird Lives!: the High Life and Hard Times of Charlie (Yardbird) Parker, Item Height: 217mm, Item Width: 142mm, Item Weight: 516g, Number of Pages: 432 Pages, Hachette Books<

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