The Last Balladeer: The Johnny Hartman Story

The Last Balladeer: The Johnny Hartman Story
ISBN-10
0810882817
ISBN-13
9780810882812
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
367
Language
English
Published
2012-06-14
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Author
Gregg Akkerman

Description

In The Last Balladeer, author Gregg Akkerman skillfully reveals the life-long achievements and occasional missteps of Johnny Hartman as an African-American artist dedicated to his craft. In the first full-length biography and discography to chronicle the rhapsodic life and music of Johnny Hartman, the author completes a previously missing dimension of vocal-jazz history by documenting Hartman as the balladeer who crooned his way into so many hearts. Backed by impeccable research but conveyed in a conversational style, this book will interest not only musicians and scholars but any fan of the Great American Songbook and the singers who brought it to life.

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