Buddy Bolden and the Last Days of Storyville by Barker, Danny

Buddy Bolden and the Last Days of Storyville (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780826457028)

Vendor: Danny Barker
Product type: Books
Format: Paperback
$52.95
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Buddy Bolden and the Last Days of Storyville by Barker, Danny

Buddy Bolden and the Last Days of Storyville

$52.95
Buddy Bolden and the Last Days of Storyville by Barker, Danny

Buddy Bolden and the Last Days of Storyville

$52.95
Format: Paperback
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The first volume of Barker's memoirs, A Life in Jazz, followed him from New Orleans into the big bands of Cab Calloway and Benny Carter. He was working on this-the second volume-for some years before his death in 1994. Beginning with an extended portrait of Buddy Bolden as recalled by the likes of Jelly Roll Morton and Bunk Johnson as well as Barker himself, this book draws together a lifetime of stories and the vivid characters who populated "Storyville."Danny Barker (1909-1994) sang and played the guitar and banjo on over 1,000 jazz, swing, blues, and bebop records. He is a member of the Jazz Hall of Fame and recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Music Master Award. Alyn Shipton is a writer and broadcaster on jazz. He is the editor of A Life in Jazz, the first volume of Danny Barker's memoirs.

Author: Danny Barker, Danny Baker
ISBN-10: 0826457029
ISBN-13: 9780826457028
Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2001
Pages: 184
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 9.02h x 6.50w x 0.53d
By Danny Barker
By Danny Barker
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Danny Barker (1909-1994) sang and played the guitar and banjo on over 1,000 jazz, swing, blues, and bebop records. he is a member of the Jazz Hall of Fame and recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Music Master Award. Alyn Shipton presents jazz radio programs for the BBC and is a critic for The Times in London. He is the author of several books on music, as well as a music publisher and editor. He divides his time between Oxford and the French countryside. In 2010, he was voted UK Jazz Broadcaster of the Year.

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