Jazz Masters of New Orleans
By Martin Williams.
Description
O boy, what a beautiful reading... I know the book is quite old now, but such a loving and (IMHO) subtle and intelligent writing on Henry Red Allen, Bunk Johnson, Sidney Bechet or Zutty Singleton is very much appreciated by this jazz fan... I know enough about the New Orleans jazz tradition to appreciate this book, but I've learned a lot here: - Did you know why the drummers of New Orleans jazz have always been underrecorded? Did you know that Orson Welles was a big New Orleans jazz fan who even had a hand in the birth of dixieland revival? Did you know how misunderstud Bunk Johnson wa...
ISBN(s)
0026293404, 9780026293402
