Good Morning Blues
Subtitle: The Autobiography of Count Basie
Contributors: Dan Morgenstern (Introduction)
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: April 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780306811074
Subjects: Biography: film, television & music; Composers & musicians; Jazz; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; Composers & Musicians - Jazz; Genres & Styles - Jazz; People of Color; Music; Biography/Memoir; Popular Music; Composers & Musicians - General; 1904-; Basie, Count,; Biography; Jazz music; Jazz musicians
First sentence: The first time I ever heard the fabulous territory band from Oklahoma City known as the Blue Devils was one midsummer morning out in Tulsa.
Description: Big band jazz pianist and composer Count Basie tells his life story, describing his childhood in New Jersey, his start in music, his rise to worldwide fame, and his relationship with his wife, Catherine.