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To Be, or Not...to Bop
You don’t have to know John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie’s songs to feel his influence. The self-taught trumpet player rose from a poor but musically driven upbringing to become a jazz mastermind, founding the bebop movement and giving rise to Afro-Cuban music.
This extensive biography is intertwined with reflections from famous Gillespie associates Cab Calloway, Count Basie, ...more
This extensive biography is intertwined with reflections from famous Gillespie associates Cab Calloway, Count Basie, ...more
Paperback, 560 pages
Published
February 23rd 2009
by University Of Minnesota Press
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Dizzy rocks! This is an excellent tour of the birth of modern jazz (aka bebop)
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Isabelle Saunders
This book is kinda boring, but has WONDERFUL interviews, photographic plates.
If you're a jazz fan, especially of the bebop era, you'll want to read this.
Regarded as one of the best jazz autobiographies.
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