The giants of jazz / Dave Gelly ; drawings by Weef ; introduction by Miles Kington.
| Author/creator | Gelly, Dave |
| Other author | Weef, 1955- illustrator. |
| Other author | Kington, Miles, writer of introduction. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Schirmer Books, ©1986. |
| Description | 143 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | King Oliver -- Jelly Roll Morton -- James P. Johnson -- Bessie Smith -- Sidney Bechet -- Duke Ellington -- The Ellingtonians. Tricky Sam Nanton ; Johnny Hodges ; Ben Webster ; Harry Carney ; Cootie Williams -- Louis Armstrong -- Bix Beiderbecke -- Jimmy Rushing -- Fats Waller -- Count Basie -- Coleman Hawkins -- Jack Teagarden -- Tommy Dorsey -- Early Hines -- Benny Carter -- Stephane Grappelli -- Django Reinhardt -- Gene Krupa -- Lionel Hampton -- Benny Goodman -- Lester Young -- Artie Shaw -- Art Tatum -- Roy Eldridge -- Joy Turner -- Stan Kenton -- Gil Evans -- Teddy Wilson -- Woody Herman -- Billie Holiday -- Frank Sinatra -- Slim Gaillard -- Nat King Cole -- Buddy Rich -- Dizzy Gillespie -- Ella Fitzgerald -- Charlie Christian -- Art Blakey -- Charlie Parker -- Thelonious Monk -- Dave Brubeck -- Paul Desmond -- Erroll Garner -- Charles Mingus -- Milt Jackson -- Buddy De Franco -- J. J. Johnson -- Sarah Vaughan -- Bud Powell -- Max Roach -- Wes Montgomery -- Oscar Peterson -- Zoot Sims -- Miles Davis -- John Coltrane -- Ray Brown -- Stan Getz -- Gerry Mulligan -- Elvin Jones -- Bill Evans -- Sonny Rollins -- Bob Brookmeyer -- Ornette Coleman -- Clifford Brown -- Roland Kirk -- Herbie Hancock -- Gary Burton -- The inheritors. Wynton Marsalis ; Bobby McFerrin ; Stanley Jordan -- The Britons. Humphrey Lyttelton ; Ronnie Scott ; Sandy Brown ; Peter King ; John Surman. |
| Abstract | Caricatures accompany brief profiles of top jazz musicians and singers of the past and present. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| LCCN | 86017913 |
| ISBN | 002870682X |
| ISBN | 0002870681 (pbk.) |