Godfather of the Music Business - Morris Levy

Informationen zum Autor Richard Carlin is author of several books on popular music, including Worlds of Sound: The Story of Smithsonian Folkways and Country Music: The People, Places, and Moments That Shaped the Country Style . He also coedited "Ain't Nothing But the Real Thing" How the Apollo Theater Shaped American Entertainment and edited the eight-volume series America's Popular Music. Klappentext Zusammenfassung Tells the story of one of the most notorious figures in the history of popular music! Morris Levy. At nineteen! he cofounded the nightclub Birdland in Hell's Kitchen! which became the home for a new musical style! bebop. Levy operated one of the first integrated clubs on Broadway and helped build the careers of Dizzy Gillespie and Bud Powell and most notably aided the reemergence of Count Basie. ...

Product details

• Authors: Richard Carlin
• Publisher: Turpin Eurospan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2016
• EAN: 9781496805706
• ISBN: 978-1-4968-0570-6
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 242 mm x 31 mm
• Series: American Made Music; American Made Music
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Travel > Travel guides