Too Marvelous for Words - print on demand

Zusatztext excitingly depicts the New York City jazz scene during the rise of be-bop and the enormously rich activity of the 1930s and '40s. Informationen zum Autor James Lester is a freelance musician, writer, researcher, and photographer in Annapolis, Maryland. Klappentext Lester provides the first full-length biography of Art Tatum, the greatest virtuoso performer in the history of jazz. Zusammenfassung Art Tatum was the greatest virtuoso performer in the history of jazz piano; his technique overwhelmed almost every jazz player who heard him and caused classical virtuosos to take notice. Through extensive interviews with Tatum's friends and fellow musicians, James Lester captures the complexities of this remarkable talent and the vibrant jazz world of the 1930s and 1940s in which he played.

Product details

• Authors: James Lester
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.03.1996
• EAN: 9780195096408
• ISBN: 978-0-19-509640-8
• No. of pages: 268
• Dimensions: 142 mm x 217 mm x 17 mm
• Series: Print On Demand; Print on demand
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Jazz, USA, Blues, MUSIC / Musical Instruments / Piano & Keyboard, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Jazz, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Blues, Biography: arts & entertainment, United States of America, USA, Popular Music, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters, Biography: arts and entertainment, Keyboard instruments