Jazz From The Beginning

by Garvin Bushell, Mark Tucker

Jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, and bassoonist Garvin Bushell (1902-1991) performed with many of the twentieth-century's greatest jazz musicians - Fletcher Henderson, Fats Waller, Cab Calloway, Eric Dolphy, Gil Evans, and John Coltrane - during a remarkable career that spanned from 1916 to the 1980s. Although best known as a jazz soloist and sideman, Bushell also played oboe and bassoon with symphony orchestras and was a highly regarded instructor of woodwinds.

Genres: Jazz, Music

216 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1989

Reviews

[Anna Holmes · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5. Not bad, a good reference book for what it was like to work with so many jazz artists. However it is very dense, and it becomes hard to keep up with all the different people he refers to. Overall has some interesting experience and perspective though. Would only recommend to someone very knowledgeable and interested in jazz already