Morning Glory - A Biography of Mary Lou Williams

Informationen zum Autor Linda Dahl writes frequently about jazz. Her groundbreaking book Stormy Weather: The Music and Lives of a Century of Jazzwomen was published in 1984. Klappentext Mary Lou Williams--pianist! arranger! composer! and probably the most influential woman in the history of jazz--receives the attention she has long deserved in this definitive biography. Zusammenfassung Mary Lou Williams--pianist, arranger, composer, and probably the most influential woman in the history of jazz--receives the attention she has long deserved in this definitive biography. Inhaltsverzeichnis INTRODUCTION 1 My Mama Pinned a Rose on Me 2 The Little Piano Girl of East Liberty 3 Hits 'n Bits 4 Nite Life 5 Walkin' and Swingin' 6 Silk Stockings 7 Why Go On Pretending? 8 Trumpets No End 9 Cafe Society Blues 10 The Zodiac Suite 11 Kool 12 Benny's Bop 13 Walkin' Out the Door 14 Chez Mary Lou 15 Praying Through My Fingertips 16 Black Christ of the Andes 17 Zoning 18 Artist-in-Residence 19 The Mary Lou Williams Foundation ACKNOWLEDGMENTS SOURCES AND NOTES A SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY A SELECTIVE MARY LOU WILLIAMS DISCOGRAPHY: 1927 TO PRESENT COMPOSITIONS AND ARRANGEMENTS BY MARY LOU WILLIAMS INDEX ILLUSTRATION CREDITS

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Linda Dahl, Dahl Linda
• Verlag: University Of California Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 12.04.2001
• EAN: 9780520228726
• ISBN: 978-0-520-22872-6
• Seiten: 471
• Abmessung: 150 mm x 230 mm x 30 mm
• Themen: Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Biographien, Autobiographien; Jazz, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Jazz, Biography: arts & entertainment, Popular Music, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music, Biography: arts and entertainment