Good morning blues : the autobiography of Count Basie / as told to Albert Murray.

Author/creator Basie, Count
Other author Murray, Albert.
Format Book
EditionFirst edition.
Publication InfoNew York : Random House, 1985.
Descriptionxiv, 399 pages, 16 pages of plates : portraits ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Part one: 1904-1951. The blue devils: 1927-1929 -- Red Bank and thereabouts: 1904-circa 1923 -- The Columbia wheel: circa 1924-circa 1925 -- Harlem stride time: 1925-1926 -- TOBA: 1926-1927 -- Moten swing territory: 1929-1935 -- Three, three, and three at the Reno: 1935-1936 -- East to the Apple and the Woodside: 1936-1937 -- The famous door and the national scene: 1938-1941 -- The holy main I: 1939-1941 -- The holy main II: 1942-1950 -- Part two: 1951-1984. The comeback: 1950-1954 -- Sixteen men swinging: 1954-1959 -- Stomping grounds and stopping places: 1959-1964 -- One more time and one more once: 1964-1976 -- Ole base up to now: 1976-1984.
Abstract Count Basie (1904-1984), pianist, composer, and icon of big-band jazz, known for such classics as "Jumpin' at the Woodside," "Cherokee," and "One O'Clock Jump," recounts his life story to Albert Murray with all the charm and dry humor of two friends sitting at the kitchen table. Good Morning Blues is both testimony and tribute to a remarkable, rich life.
General noteIncludes index.
LCCN 85002439
ISBN0394548647

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