Kd: A Jazz Biography by Oliphant, Dave

Kd: A Jazz Biography (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780916727956)

Vendor: Dave Oliphant
Product type: Books
Format: Hardcover
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Kd: A Jazz Biography by Oliphant, Dave

Kd: A Jazz Biography

$19.95
Kd: A Jazz Biography by Oliphant, Dave

Kd: A Jazz Biography

$19.95
Format: Hardcover
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Written in tightly constructed rhymed quatrains, this is the first biography of internationally acclaimed Texas jazz trumpeter Kenny Dorham. Beginning in 1963 with Dorham's recordings in Denmark, this book-length poem traces the story of the Texan's career performing with the greatest musicians of the bop and hard bop eras in jazz history--including Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Sonny Rollins, and John Coltrane. Also discussing extensive traveling as a musician and his lamentably short-lived group the Jazz Prophets, this account demonstrates why Dorham remains something of a cult figure despite his premature death at age 48.

Author: Dave Oliphant
ISBN-10: 0916727955
ISBN-13: 9780916727956
Publisher: Wings Press (TX)
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2012
Pages: 200
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.10h x 5.70w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Foreword 05/31/2012
By Dave Oliphant
By Dave Oliphant
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Dave Oliphant is a native Texan poet, a recently retired professor from the University of Texas-Austin, and the editor and publisher of Prickly Pear Press. He is the author of numerous volumes of poetry, including Backtracking, Memories of Texas Towns and Cities, and Maria's Poems, as well as a collection of 16 essays entitled Jazz Mavericks of the Lone Star State. He lives in Austin, Texas.

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