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9780306808920

Celebrating Bird

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  • ISBN13:

    9780306808920

  • ISBN10:

    0306808927

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1999-06-03
  • Publisher: Da Capo Pr
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Summary

A biographical portrait of the jazz alto saxophonist.

Author Biography

Gary Giddins is a columnist for the Village Voice and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Visions of Jazz. He is also the author of a biography of Bing Crosby. His work has won numerous prizes, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, five ASCAP-Deems Taylor awards, and an American Book Award. He lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

Bird Lives!p. 9
Youthp. 23
Apprenticeshipp. 53
Masteryp. 77
Bird Livesp. 95
A Selected Discography of Long-Playing Recordsp. 122
A Selected Bibliographyp. 126
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