Doc : The Story of a Birmingham Jazz Man /

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Doc is the autobiography of jazz elder statesman Frank Adams, highlighting his role in Birmingham, Alabama's, historic jazz scene and tracing his personal adventure that parallels, in many ways, the story and spirit of jazz itself. Doc tells the story of an accomplished jazz master, from his mu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Adams, Frank, 1928-2014 (Author), Mathews, Burgin (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tuscaloosa, AL : University of Alabama Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Adams, Frank, > 1928-2014
Adams, Frank, > 1928-2014.
African Americans
Clarinetists.
Jazz musicians.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Jazz.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Composers & Musicians.
Noirs americains > Alabama > Birmingham > Biographies.
Clarinettistes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Musiciens de jazz > Alabama > Birmingham > Biographies.
African Americans > Alabama > Birmingham > Biography.
Clarinetists > United States > Biography.
Jazz musicians > Alabama > Birmingham > Biography.
Alabama > Birmingham.
United States.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Autobiography
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Family
  • The church
  • Schoolboy
  • "Fess"
  • Outer space
  • First gigs and Birmingham clubs
  • Summers on the road
  • Howard
  • Bounce, bebop, blues, and swing
  • Teacher
  • Bandleader
  • Friends and mentors
  • Building a family, making ends meet
  • The movement
  • Keeping the spirit
  • "Doc."

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