Dave Oliphant

Gebundenes Buch

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A Jazz Biography

Beschreibung

Written in tightly constructed rhymed quatrains, this is the first biography of internationally acclaimed Texas jazz trumpeter Kenny Dorham. Beginning in 1963 with Dorham's recordings in Denmark, this book-length poem traces the story of the Texan's career performing with the greatest musicians of the bop and hard bop eras in jazz history.

Autor

Dave Oliphant is a native Texan poet, a recently retired professor from the University of Texas-Austin, and the editor and publisher of Prickly Pear Press. He is the author of numerous volumes of poetry, including Backtracking, Memories of Texas Towns and Cities, and Maria's Poems, as well as a collection of 16 essays entitled Jazz Mavericks of the Lone Star State. He lives in Austin, Texas.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wings Press (TX)
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 147mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780916727956
• ISBN-10: 0916727955
• Artikelnr.: 35060426