Living the Jazz Life: Conversations with Forty Musicians about Their Careers in Jazz
- ISBN-10
- 0195152492
- ISBN-13
- 9780195152494
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 278
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press on Demand
- Author
- W. Royal Stokes
Description
Forty interviews with saxophonists, pianists, singers, composers, and string, brass, and rhythm players that range across the globe. Introductions to vaudeville stars, blues musicians, and women instrumentalists. Covers a broad spectrum, including conversations with legendary veterans, like Jackie McLean and Louie Bellson, to such rising stars as Diana Krall, Cyrus Chestnut, Ingrid Jensen, and violinist Regina Carter.-Derived from book cover.
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