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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, to the smoke-filled small clubs and c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Terry, Clark
Otros Autores: Terry, Gwen, Jones, Quincy, 1933-, Cosby, Bill, 1937-, Demsey, David
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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  • Cover; Contents; Preface; Foreword; Introduction; 1. Big Dreams; 2. First Instruments; 3. Kicked Out; 4. The Vashon High Swingsters; 5. First Road Gig; 6. Nigga; 7. Ida Cox; 8. Stranded; 9. Lincoln Inn; 10. On the Road Again; 11. Tennis Shoe Pimp; 12. Jailed; 13. Len Bowden; 14. Navy Days; 15. Gray Clouds; 16. The Big Apple; 17. George Hudson; 18. The Club Plantation; 19. Galloping Dominoes; 20. Tempting Offers; 21. Lionel Hampton; 22. Road Lessons; 23. Pauline; 24. Charlie Barnet; 25. Count Basie; 26. Big Debt; 27. Duke Ellington; 28. Leaving Basie; 29. The University of Ellingtonia
  • 30. Working with Duke31. Duke's Team; 32. Duke's Management Arts; 33. Miles and Bird; 34. Billy Strayhorn; 35. Endurances; 36. Flugelhorn; 37. Europe; 38. Norman Granz; 39. Norman's Battles; 40. Q; 41. NBC; 42. Jim and Andy's; 43. Johnny and Ed; 44. Mumbles; 45. First House; 46. Big Bad Band; 47. Carnegie Hall; 48. Etoile; 49. Jazz Education Arena; 50. Those NBC Years; 51. Storms; 52. Black Clouds; 53. Keep on Keepin' On; 54. New Love; 55. Whirlwinds; 56. Through the Storm; 57. Second Chance; 58. The Biggest Surprise; Acknowledgments; Honors and Awards; Original Compositions
  • Selected DiscographyIndex; Photographs follow page