Dizzy Gillespie: The Bebop Years 1937-1952: Ken Vail's Jazz Itineraries 1

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Dizzy Gillespie: The Bebop Years 1937-1952: Ken Vail's Jazz Itineraries 1

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The Jazz Itineraries series, a new format based on Ken Vail's successful Jazz Diaries, charts the careers of famous jazz musicians, listing club and concert appearances with details of recording sessions and movie appearances. Copiously illustrated with contemporary photographs, newspaper extracts, record and performance reviews, ads and posters, the series provides fascinating insight into the lives of the greatest jazz musicians of our times. No.1 in the series, Dizzy Gillespie: The Bebop Years 1937?1952, chronicles Dizzy's life from his early struggles, through the birth of bebop, the demise of his first big band, up to his departure for France in 1952.

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Like cracking a scrapbook from the '40s...plastered with period photographs, newspaper articles, concert and record reviews...a fun and contextual perspective for listening and investigating as well as a window into the life and times of [Dizzy Gillespie]

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All three paperbacks make for fascinating reading, whether you start at the beginning or read random pages....these book are terrifically entertaining to read

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