[PDF] Trumpet For Dummies by Jeffrey Reynolds in Arts-Photography

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When jazz musicians get together; they often delight one another with stories about the great; or merely remarkable; players and singers theyve worked with. One good story leads to another until someone says; "Somebody ought to wrie these down!" With Jazz Anecdotes; somebody finally has. Drawing on a rich verbal tradition; bassist and jazz writer Bill Crow has culled stories from a wide variety of sources; including interviews; biographies and a remarkable oral history collection; which resides at the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University; to paint fascinating and very human portraits of jazz musicians. Organized around general topics--teaching and learning; life on the road; prejudice and discrimination; and the importance of a good nickname--Jazz Anecdotes shows the jazz world as it really is. In this fully updated edition; which contains over 150 new anecdotes and new topics like Hiring and Firing; Crow regales us with new stories of such jazz greats as Benny Goodman; Chet Baker; Ravi Coltrane; Buddy Rich and Paul Desmond. He offers extended sections on old favorites--Louis Armstrong; Duke Ellington; Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young; and the fabulous Eddie Condon; who seems to have lived his entire life with the anecdotist in mind. With its unique blend of sparkling dialogue and historical and social insight; Jazz Anecdotes will delight anyone who loves a good story. It offers a fresh perspective on the joys and hardships of a musicians life as well as a rare glimpse of the personalities who created Americas most distinctive music.