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245 14 a| The night people :b| the jazz life of Dicky Wells /c| by Dicky Wells as told to Stanley Dance.;

300 a| x, 229 pages, 16 pages of plates :b| illustrations ;c| 23 cm;

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500 a| Discography: pages 168-218.;

500 a| Includes index.;

505 0 a| Foreword / by Count Basie -- Preface / by Stanley Dance -- Introduction / by Martin Williams -- From Louisville -- Harlem heyday -- The hazardous road -- Basie days -- Bus talk -- Changing times -- Those Europeans -- Man's best friend! -- Genius and the blues -- Something else -- Coda: cats, bears, and bulls -- Appendix A. The romantic imagination of Dickie Wells / Andre Hodeir ; Appendix B. A Dicky Wells discographical listing / Chris Sheridan.;

520 a| First published in 1974, this book is Dicky Well's account of his life as a jazz musician during the Swing era. A trombonist and soloist, Wells played alongside Lester Young and Billie Holiday in the Count Basie Orchestra during the 1930s and 1940s, and later with B. B. King and Ray Charles. In vivid, vernacular style, Wells recounts conversations on the band bus and the lively business of rehearsals, focusing not so much on himself as on the texture of the jazz life and the nature of the men and women who made the music. He describes the entertainment business of the era, the easy freedoms that drew musicians to it, and the tension between pleasing the crowd and meeting the standards set by fellow musicians and one's own musical conscience. This revised and expanded edition of The Night People includes new introductory chapter remarks that place Wells's memories in the context of his life and jazz history, as well as a critical appreciation by Andre Hodeir and a Wells discography compiled by Chris Sheridan.;

545 a| Stanley Dance, a music critic and historian, is the author of several books about the Swing era.;

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The night people : the jazz life of Dicky Wells / by Dicky Wells as told to Stanley Dance.

Author/creator	Wells, Dicky
Other author	Dance, Stanley.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, ©1991.
Description	x, 229 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects	Wells, Dicky, 1907-1985. Jazz musicians--United States. --Biography.

Contents	Foreword / by Count Basie -- Preface / by Stanley Dance -- Introduction / by Martin Williams -- From Louisville -- Harlem heyday -- The hazardous road -- Basie days -- Bus talk -- Changing times -- Those Europeans -- Man's best friend! -- Genius and the blues -- Something else -- Coda: cats, bears, and bulls -- Appendix A. The romantic imagination of Dickie Wells / Andre Hodeir ; Appendix B. A Dicky Wells discographical listing / Chris Sheridan.
Abstract	First published in 1974, this book is Dicky Well's account of his life as a jazz musician during the Swing era. A trombonist and soloist, Wells played alongside Lester Young and Billie Holiday in the Count Basie Orchestra during the 1930s and 1940s, and later with B. B. King and Ray Charles. In vivid, vernacular style, Wells recounts conversations on the band bus and the lively business of rehearsals, focusing not so much on himself as on the texture of the jazz life and the nature of the men and women who made the music. He describes the entertainment business of the era, the easy freedoms that drew musicians to it, and the tension between pleasing the crowd and meeting the standards set by fellow musicians and one's own musical conscience. This revised and expanded edition of The Night People includes new introductory chapter remarks that place Wells's memories in the context of his life and jazz history, as well as a critical appreciation by Andre Hodeir and a Wells discography compiled by Chris Sheridan.
General note	Discography: pages 168-218.
General note	Includes index.
Biographical note	Stanley Dance, a music critic and historian, is the author of several books about the Swing era.
LCCN	90024916
ISBN	1560980672

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