Goodbyes and Other Messages by Whitney Balliett

Goodbyes and Other Messages by Whitney Balliett

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This collection of essays, reviews and profiles chronicles a decade which saw a proliferation of festivals, biographies and "complete early work" record collections, as well as the deaths of jazz greats Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Woody Herman and Sarah Vaughan, whose careers are recalled here.

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Goodbyes and Other Messages by Whitney Balliett

This collection of essays, reviews and profiles chronicles a decade which saw a proliferation of festivals, biographies and "complete early work" record collections, as well as the deaths of jazz greats Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Woody Herman and Sarah Vaughan, whose careers are recalled here.
Whitney Balliett is jazz critic for The New Yorker. He is married to the painter Nancy Balliett. They live in New York City.
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ISBN 13 9780195037579
ISBN 10 019503757X
Title Goodbyes and Other Messages
Author Whitney Balliett
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Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Year published 1991-07-18
Number of pages 307
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.