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Groovin' High: The Life of Dizzy Gillespie

By Alyn Shipton

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2001
ISBN
0195144104, 9780195144109
Open Library ID
OL7389623M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
26 MB (27480607 bytes)
Edition
First Paperback Edition
Pages
433\433
Library
ebook3000.com
Scanned
yes
Time added
2010-05-17 00:23:50

Description

I am a voracious reader of jazz biographies. The fact that the name of this book includes the phrase "The Life of Dizzy Gillespie" is a shame, or sham. There is so little of his life in this book and so much discecting of every note of every solo that he ever played. It's maddening! If you're looking for a great jazz biography that is full of color, try the Louis Armstrong "An Extravagent Life" book. I read this approx. 600 page book twice just because it is such a colorful story about a jazz musicians LIFE. I will finish off by saying that this book is only the second one in my life that I had to stop reading because it was so BAD. That was after 250 pages.

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