The best gig in town
Subtitle: Jazz artists at the White House 1969-1974
By: Edward Allan Faine
Publisher: IM Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Takoma Park, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9780985795245
Subjects: White House history; Jazz; Jazz musicians; History and criticism
Other titles: Jazz artists at the White House 1969-1974
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-224).
Table of contents: title: Duke Ellington, April 29, 1969, Ellington all-stars birthday tribute; title: Henry Mancini, June 30, 1969, Apollo 10 Astronaut dinner; title: Modern Jazz quartet, October 21, 1969, Iranian Reza Shah Pahlavi dinner; title: Al Hirt, December 3, 1969, Governors dinner; title: Peggy Lee, February 24, 1970, French president pompidou dinner; title: World's greatest Jazz band, March 19, 1970, evening at the white house; title: Bobby Short Trio, April 4, 1970, Duke and duchess of windsor dinner; title: Pearl Baily Trio, April 10, 1970, German chancellor brandt dinner; title: David Frost-Billy Taylor, December 18, 1970, Christmas evening at the white house; title: Pete fountain, June 15, 1972, Mexican president Echeverria Dinner; title: Frank Sinatra, April 17, 1973, Italian prime minister Andreotti dinner; title: Billy Taylor Trio, October 9, 1973, Ivory coast president Houphouer-Boigny dinner; title: Pearl Baily Trio, March 7, 1974, Governors dinner.