Living the jazz life
Subtitle: conversations with forty musicians about their careers in jazz
By: W. Royal Stokes
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9780195081084; 9780756775995
Subjects: Interviews; Jazzmusiker; Jazz musicians
Description: "Stokes has spent three decades covering the jazz scene. With this breakthrough book, he draws on that rich store of knowledge and friendship to introduce us to the jazz life." "Stokes illuminates the lives of the artists and the sheer pleasure of the sounds they create. In some forty interviews with saxophonists, pianists, singers, composers, and string, brass, and rhythm players, he paints a vivid portrait of their lives and influences, including the role of their families and childhood environments. The musicians discuss how they became interested in jazz as youngsters and how they became part of the jazz scene." "Stokes ranges around the globe, both physically and culturally, in his interviews, introducing us to vaudeville stars, blues musicians, and a dozen women instrumentalists - such as acclaimed violinist Regina Carter - out of the many who now shine on a scene where they were once limited to vocals alone."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Musical families; title: Saxophonists; title: Pianists; title: Singers; title: Composers; title: Strings; title: Other climes; title: Blues; title: Comedy and jazz: two sui generies