Hotter than that
Subtitle: the trumpet, jazz, and American culture
By: Krin Gabbard.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9780571211999
Subjects: Trumpet -- History; Trumpeters -- United States; Jazz musicians -- United States
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: How Buddy Bolden blew his brains out (but not before he changed the music forever); title: From the Pyramids to New Orleans : the trumpet before jazz; title: Louis Armstrong's beam of lyrical sound; title: Bending brass : the art of the trumpet maker and my romance with the equipment; title: Caution : the trumpet may be hazardous to your health; title: Miles runs the voodoo down.