Nat Hentoff has been listening to jazz, blues, country, and gospel since he was eight years old and tuned in (under the bedsheets) to Fats Waller broadcasting from Chicago's Hotel Sherman during the Depression - and he has been writing about it nearly ever since, with ever-increasing passion. This new book is the fruit of long nights of listening to, watching, traveling and talking with, and knowing firsthand jazz musicians and country and gospel singers from all over the nation - a book of truly American originals.
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From the Publisher:
Intimate, authoritative, and opinionated discussions of some of the most legendary jazz, blues, country, and gospel performers ever, including Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Merle Haggard, and Dizzy Gillespie.
About the Author:
Nat Hentoff is the first Jazz critic every named a "Jazz Master" by the National Endowment for the Arts.
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- PublisherHarperCollins
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0060190477
- ISBN 13 9780060190477
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages220
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