Jazz on my mind
Subtitle: liner notes, anecdotes and conversations from the 1940s to the 2000s
By: Herb Wong with Paul Simeon Fingerote
Contributors: Fingerote, Paul Simeon, author
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9780786496402
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Interviews; Jazz; History and criticism; Musical criticism; Jazz musicians
Description: Dr. Herb Wong (1926-2014) was an internationally recognized jazz industry leader and author of 400+ liner notes from the 1940s through the early 2000s. This book features the Wong's liner notes, articles and album selections, his personal stories about the artists, and his one-on-one conversations with many jazz greats.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Preface / Paul Simeon Fingerote; title: Introduction / Herb Wong; title: Big bands. Duke Ellington; title: Woody Herman; title: Stan Kenton; title: Louie Bellson; title: Buddy Rich; title: Trumpet. Dizzy Gillespie; title: Pete Candoli / Conte Candoli; title: Freddie Hubbard; title: Tom Harrell; title: Terence Blanchard; title: Drums. Max Roach; title: Shelly Manne; title: Elvin Jones; title: Art Blakey; title: Tenor saxophone. Stan Getz; title: David Liebman; title: Wayne Shorter; title: Zoot Sims; title: Joshua Redman; title: Alto saxophone. Phil Woods; title: Richie Cole; title: Charles McPherson; title: Art Pepper; title: Lanny Morgan; title: Bud Shank; title: Baritone saxophone. Gary Smulyan; title: Pepper Adams; title: Nick Brignola; title: Bass. Milt Hinton; title: Red Mitchell; title: Ray Brown; title: Trombone. Robin Eubanks; title: Steve Turre; title: Clarinet. Eddie Daniels; title: Buddy DeFranco; title: Benny Goodman; title: Piano. Oscar Peterson; title: Herbie Hancock; title: McCoy Tyner; title: Marian McPartland; title: Tee Carson; title: Dave Brubeck; title: Taylor Eigsti; title: Denny Zeitlin; title: Nat King Cole; title: Guitar. Jim Hall; title: Kenny Burrell; title: Bola Sete; title: Django Reinhardt; title: Vibraphone. Cal Tjader; title: Bobby Hutcherson; title: Milt Jackson; title: Vocal. Carmen McRae; title: Giacomo Gates; title: Tierney Sutton; title: Dianne Reeves; title: Mel Tormé; title: Billie Holiday.