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Extraordinary people in jazz / Marvin Martin.

Author/creator Martin, Marvin
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoNew York : Children's Press, ©2004.
Description288 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Supplemental Content Table of contents
Subject(s)
Series Extraordinary people
Extraordinary people. ^A599893
Contents The profiles -- Duke Ellington -- Louis Armstrong -- Count Basie -- Coleman Hawkins -- Benny Carter -- Lionel Hampton -- Benny Goodman -- Lester Young -- Django Reinhardt -- Art Tatum -- Gil Evans -- Kenny Clarke -- Billie Holiday -- Charlie Christian -- Nat King Cole -- Ella Fitzgerald -- Thelonious Monk -- Dizzy Gillespie -- Marian McPartland -- George Shearing -- Art Blakey -- Anita O'Day -- Charlie Parker -- Billy Taylor -- Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross -- Charles Mingus -- Oscar Pettiford -- Modern Jazz Quartet -- Milt Jackson -- John Lewis -- Percy Heath -- Connie Kay -- Buddy DeFranco -- The Jones Brothers, Thad, Elvin, and Hank -- Max Roach -- Sarah Vaughan -- Tito Puente -- Oscar Peterson -- Miles Davis -- John Coltrane -- Ray Brown, Jr. -- Gerry Mulligan -- Cannonball Adderly -- Bill Evans -- Joe Pass -- Ornette Coleman -- Betty Carter -- Clifford Brown -- Cecil Taylor-- Ron Carter -- Charlie Haden -- McCoy Tyner -- Chick Corea -- Gary Burton -- Keith Jarrett -- Paquito D'Rivera -- Jon Faddis -- Geri Allen -- Branford Marsalis -- Wynton Marsalis -- Diana Krall -- Brad Mehldau -- Christian McBride -- More extraordinary people in jazz.
Abstract Profiles approximately eighty notable people in the field of jazz music.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 274-275), discography (p. 277-278), and index.
LCCN 2003007059
ISBN0516222759
ISBN9780516222752

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