The Pleasures of Jazz: Leading Performers on Their Lives, Their Music, Their Contemporaries |
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Page 135
... combo will stay on longer ; otherwise , he may go into something that will bring Gerry Mulligan onstage , and the mood will change to a more con- ventional jazz thing . We just leave it open and mix in with one another whenever and ...
... combo will stay on longer ; otherwise , he may go into something that will bring Gerry Mulligan onstage , and the mood will change to a more con- ventional jazz thing . We just leave it open and mix in with one another whenever and ...
Page 140
... combo plus the symphony orchestra , concerto grosso style , which will simply enhance the quartet . " Pressed for an explanation of his objection to the word " jazz " ( to which everyone from Duke Ellington down has taken exception at ...
... combo plus the symphony orchestra , concerto grosso style , which will simply enhance the quartet . " Pressed for an explanation of his objection to the word " jazz " ( to which everyone from Duke Ellington down has taken exception at ...
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... combo's newest member , Connie Kay , took over the drum chair in 1955. With a different drummer , the other three - Lewis , vibraharpist Milt Jackson and bassist Percy Heath - had begun work- ing together in the winter of 1951-52 ...
... combo's newest member , Connie Kay , took over the drum chair in 1955. With a different drummer , the other three - Lewis , vibraharpist Milt Jackson and bassist Percy Heath - had begun work- ing together in the winter of 1951-52 ...
Contents
Introduction by Benny Carter | 17 |
Overview Twenty Years of Jazz | 23 |
HAPPENINGS | 37 |
Copyright | |
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