Clifford Brown by Nick Catalano
Although he died in a tragic car accident at 25, Clifford Brown is widely considered one of the most important figures in the history of jazz, a trumpet player who ranks with Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis, and a leading influence on contemporary jazz musicians. In this volume, Nick Catalano offers a major biography of the musician based on extensive interviews with Clifford Brown's family, friends and fellow jazz musicians. Catalano depicts Brown's early life, showing how he developed his technique; his meteoric rise in Philadelphia, where he played with many of the leading jazz players of the 1950s, including Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker; his tour of Europe with Lionel Hampton, which made him famous; and his formation of the Brown-Roach Quintet with prominent drummer Max Roach.
Dr. Nick Catalano is a professor of literature and music at Pace University in New York. Catalano is also a television writer and producer and writes a monthly column for All About Jazz called New York Beat. In 1988, he crewed aboard a 52-foot sloop named Boston Light during a circumnavigation of the globe. Unlike his fictional narrator in A New Yorker at Sea, Catalano is a veteran ocean racing sailor who has captained his sloop Segue on exotic voyages for decades.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780195100839 |
| ISBN 10 | 0195100832 |
| Title | Clifford Brown |
| Author | Nick Catalano |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 2000-04-13 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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