The Parisian jazz chronicles
Subtitle: an improvisational memoir
By: by Michael Zwerin.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New Haven and London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
Subjects: Jazz -- France -- Paris -- History and criticism.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Poop and hasse-oles : barbershops & whorehouses : Stevie Wonder; title: Dexter Gordon : life and death in the margin : barbershops & whorehouses : Ornette Coleman and Waylon Jennings; title: Planeland : bringing up baby : barbershops & whorehouses : Count Basie; title: The slush pump and the silent letter : barbershops & whorehouses : Elvin Jones; title: Timothy Leary : voltage smart : barbershops & whorehouses : Janos; title: jazz in Siberia : left-handed times; title: barbershops & whorehouses; title: Willy (Mink) DeVille; title: Chet Baker : how about a sniffette? : barbershops & whorehouses : Astor Piazzolla; title: Bob Dylan : Dr. Pitre's nominal aphasia : barbershops & whorehouses : Don Henley; title: Don Budge : playing with wands : barbershops & whorehouses : Bobby McFerrin; title: Steppenwolf : brilliant eccentrics : barbershops & whorehouses : Simon and Garfunkel; title: Kenny G : barbershops & whorehouses : Andy Bey; title: Miles Davis : a mouthful of words : barbershops & whorehouses : Ice-T; title: Freddy Heineken : he brew : barbershops & whorehouses : Brad Mehldau; title: serious music : kulture in the goyish Alps : barbershops & whorehouses : Roswell Rudd; title: Melvin Van Peebles : gone fishing : barbershops & whorehouses : Steve Lacy; title: Wayne Shorter : beyond a smile on a face; title: barbershops & whorehouses : Gil Evans; title: Orson Welles : patched and peeled in Mogador : barbershops & whorehouses : Dizzy Gillespie; title: the International Herald Trombone.