{"product_id":"american-musicians-ii-seventy-one-portraits-in-jazz-paperback","title":"American Musicians II: Seventy-One Portraits in Jazz - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWhitney Balliett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is Whitney Balliett's long-awaited \"big book.\" In it are all the jazz profiles he has written for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e during the past 24 years. These include his famous early portraits of Pee Wee Russell, Red Allen, Earl Hines, and Mary Lou Williams, done when these giants were in full flower; his recent reconstructions of the lives of such legends as Art Tatum, Coleman Hawkins, Jack Teagarden, Zoot Sims, and Dave Tough; His quick but indelible glimpses into the daily (or nocturnal) lives of Duke Ellington and Charles Mingus; and his vivid pictures of such on-the-scene masters as Red Norvo, Ornette Coleman, Buddy Rich, Elvin Jones, Art Farmer, Michael Moore, and Tommy Flanagan. Also included are such lesser known but invaluable players as Art Hodes, Jabbo Smith, Joe Wilder, Warne Marsh, Gene Bertoncini, Joe Bushkin, and Marie Marcus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll these profiles make the reader feel, as one observer has pointed out, that he is \"sitting with Balliett and his subject and listening in.\" Th\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe brings a poet's burning glass to his reflections on the art of music-making. -James T. Maher\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhitney Balliett\u003c\/b\u003e (1926-2007) wrote for the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e for fifty years and was its jazz critic for over forty years. He is author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eAmerican Musicians II: Seventy-one Portraits in Jazz\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Singers: Twenty-seven Portraits in Song\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCollected Works: A Journal of Jazz, 1954-2001\u003c\/i\u003e. He received an award for excellence in literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and three of his books on jazz have won awards from ASCAP.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 532\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.07 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 15, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51800179212576,"sku":"9781578068340","price":63.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/cb242ebdb510762745807553cd816aba.webp?v=1780835249","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/american-musicians-ii-seventy-one-portraits-in-jazz-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}