Too Marvelous for Words
The Life and Genius of Art Tatum
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1996
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-509640-8 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-509640-8 (ISBN)
This biography of jazz legend Art Tatum is based on numerous interviews with Tatum's friends, family and fellow musicians. Tatum's musical career is traced from humble beginnings in Toledo, Ohio, to the seminal jazz clubs of America.
Art Tatum was the greatest virtuoso performer in the history of jazz piano; his technique overwhelmed almost every jazz player who heard him and caused classical virtuosos to take notice. Gunther Schuller called him `one of the most complex, enigmatic and elusive figures in jazz - and a phenomenon'.
Through extensive interviews with Tatum's friends and fellow musicians, James Lester captures the complexities of this remarkable talent and the vibrant jazz world of the 1930s and 1940s in which he played. Covering his virtual blindness, extraordinary technique, and inexhaustible lifestyle, the picture that emerges is of cheerful, fun-loving, outgoing man, with none of the demonic self-destructiveness that seemed to haunt the other jazz greats of his era.
Art Tatum was the greatest virtuoso performer in the history of jazz piano; his technique overwhelmed almost every jazz player who heard him and caused classical virtuosos to take notice. Gunther Schuller called him `one of the most complex, enigmatic and elusive figures in jazz - and a phenomenon'.
Through extensive interviews with Tatum's friends and fellow musicians, James Lester captures the complexities of this remarkable talent and the vibrant jazz world of the 1930s and 1940s in which he played. Covering his virtual blindness, extraordinary technique, and inexhaustible lifestyle, the picture that emerges is of cheerful, fun-loving, outgoing man, with none of the demonic self-destructiveness that seemed to haunt the other jazz greats of his era.
James Lester is a freelance musician, writer, researcher, and photographer in Annapolis, Maryland.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.3.1996 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | frontispiece, 8 pp halftone plates |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 217 mm |
| Gewicht | 376 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Instrumentenkunde | |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Jazz / Blues | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-509640-1 / 0195096401 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-509640-8 / 9780195096408 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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