Jazz and Death : Medical Profiles of Jazz Greats /

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When a jazz hero dies, rumors, speculation, gossip, and legend can muddle the real cause of death. In this book, Frederick J. Spencer conducts an inquest on how jazz greats lived and died pursuing their art. Forensics, medical histories, death certificates, and biographies divulge the way many music...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Spencer, Frederick J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2002.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Todesursache
Jazzmusiker
Music.
Death.
Celebrities.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Jazz.
deaths.
Musique.
Mort.
Celebrites.
Musiciens de jazz > Sante et hygiene.
Musiciens de jazz > Mort.
Music
Death
Famous Persons
Jazz musicians > Health and hygiene.
Jazz musicians > Death.
USA.
United States
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:When a jazz hero dies, rumors, speculation, gossip, and legend can muddle the real cause of death. In this book, Frederick J. Spencer conducts an inquest on how jazz greats lived and died pursuing their art. Forensics, medical histories, death certificates, and biographies divulge the way many musical virtuosos really died. An essential reference source, Jazz and Death strives to correct misinformation and set the story straight. Reviewing the medical records of such jazz icons as Scott Joplin, James Reese Europe, Bennie Moten, Tommy Dorsey, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Wardell Gray, and Ro.
Descripción Física:1 online resource: illustrations
ISBN:9781604736335

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