Tonight's Book: Giants of Jazz by Studs Terkel
"Studs Terkel's first book, Giants of Jazz, is the master interviewer's unique tribute to America's jazz greats, now available in an affordable paperback edition with the original illustrations and discography. The thirteen profiles in this "luminous" (Jazzwise) collection weave together stories of the individual jazz musicians' lives with the history of the jazz era, and the music's evolution from the speakeasies of New York to the concert halls of the world's greatest cities. Terkel—a lifelong fan and friend of many of these legends—uses firsthand interviews with artists such as Louis Armstrong, John Coltrane, Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, and Charlie Parker to tell the human stories behind the giants who shaped this uniquely American music form. Some of the many fascinating details Terkel relates include Joe Oliver's favorite meal, Fats Waller's 1932 rendezvous in Paris with eminent organist Marcel Dupré, Dizzy Gillespie's childhood trip to a pawnshop to buy his first horn, and the origin of Billie Holiday's nickname."
Tonight's Playlist
Note: I - click to buy from the iTunes store (Canada) (You must have iTunes installed on your computer in order to buy tracks from the iTunes store); A - click to buy from Amazon.ca (Canada) (All subject to availability)Theme - Oliver Nelson Big Band - "Stolen Moments" (excerpt) I A
Ted Rosenthal - "It's All Right With Me" A
Barney Kessel - "Early Autumn" A
Count Basie and His Orchestra - "Let Me See" A
Michael Pickett - "Night Comes" I A
Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker - "All The Things You Are" I A
Woody Herman Big Band - "Spain" A
Clark Terry - "Blue Waltz (La Valse Bleu)" I A
Cecile Verny Quartet - "The Bitter And The Sweet" I
Anke Helfrich Trio - "Better Times Ahead" I A
Sophie Milman - "Undun" I A
Charlie Parker - "Cool Blues" I A
Jon Ballantyne - "Kristian's Song" I
Paul Bley w/Charles Mingus - "This Time's The Dream's On Me" A
Sir Roland Hanna - "This Can't Be Love"
Mose Allison - "The Gettin' Paid Waltz" I A
Thelonious Monk - "Evonce" I A
Jay McShann - "I'll Catch The Sun" I A
Tadd Dameron and Fats Navarro - "Symphonette" I A
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - "Symphonette" A
Steely Dan - "East St. Louis Toodle-Oo" I A
Hank Mobley - "Soft Impressions" I A
Bill Evans - "Waltz For Debby" I A
Dexter Gordon - "Our Love Is Here To Stay" I A
Eberhard Weber - "Nimbus" I A
Miles Davis Quintet - "When I Fall In Love" I A
Emilie-Claire Barlow - "Almost Like Being In Love" I A
Hubert Nuss Trio - "The Underwater Poet's Tale" I
John Coltrane - "Naima" I A
Joe Henderson - "Drawing Room Blues" I A
Theme - Oliver Nelson Big Band - "Stolen Moments" (excerpt) I A
Ralph Towner and Gary Burton - "Drifting Petals" I A
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