The Autobiography of Pops Foster by Tom Stoddard

The Autobiography of Pops Foster by Tom Stoddard

The first famous double-bass stylist in jazz, George Murphy Pops Foster enjoyed a career that spanned gigs with greats from Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington to Charlie Parker and John Coltrane. This autobiography, first published in 1971 and now reissued with a generous collection of rare photographs, was created from 70 hours of interviews with this beloved and influential musician. Foster recounts his seven-decade career with uncanny attention to detail and charming candor, providing an uncensored look at the society in which jazz developed and breathing life into legends such as Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver, and Sidney Bechet. As he takes us on his journey from plantation to riverboat, New Orleans to New York City, Foster paints an indelible panorama of the jazzman's life while setting the record straight on many crucial points of jazz history.

A jazz aficionado and avid collector, the late Tom Stoddard also wrote Jazz on the Barbary Coast and Ceramic Coin Banks: Value & Identification Guide (with Loretta Stoddard).

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ISBN 13	9780879308315
ISBN 10	0879308311
Title	The Autobiography of Pops Foster
Author	Tom Stoddard
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Hal Leonard Corporation
Year published	2005-01-01
Number of pages	242
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