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Clark : the autobiography of Clark Terry /

Compelling from cover to cover, this is the story of one of the most recorded and beloved jazz trumpeters of all time. With unsparing honesty and a superb eye for detail, Clark Terry, born in 1920, takes us from his impoverished childhood in St. Louis, Missouri, where jazz could be heard everywhere,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Terry, Clark (Autor), Terry, Gwen (Autor)
Otros Autores: Cosby, Bill, 1937- (writer of foreword.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2011.
Colección:George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Compelling from cover to cover, this is the story of one of the most recorded and beloved jazz trumpeters of all time. With unsparing honesty and a superb eye for detail, Clark Terry, born in 1920, takes us from his impoverished childhood in St. Louis, Missouri, where jazz could be heard everywhere, to the smoke-filled small clubs and carnivals across the Jim Crow South where he got his start, and on to worldwide acclaim. Terry takes us behind the scenes of jazz history as he introduces scores of legendary greats--Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, Dinah Washington, Doc Severinsen, Ray Charles, Thelonious Monk, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Coleman Hawkins, Zoot Sims, and Dianne Reeves, among many others. Terry also reveals much about his own personal life, his experiences with racism, how he helped break the color barrier in 1960 when he joined the Tonight Show band on NBC, and why--at ninety years old--his students from around the world still call and visit him for lessons.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvii, 322 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520949782
0520949781
9780520268463
0520268466
9781283278256
1283278251
9786613278258
6613278254