This colorful memoir of the great jazz drummer and witty storyteller recounts his life story and career through tributes, recollections and anecdotes – many of them his own hilarious quips – from more than 170 friends, fans, and fellow performers including Toshiko Akiyoshi, Marian McPartland, Eiji Kitamura and Jeff Hamilton; musicians he mentored such as Howard Alden, Harry Allen, Dan Barrett and Scott Hamilton; and fans such as Harry Crosby, Charlie Watts, Vic Firth and Jim Keltner. His performances with Woody Herman, Maynard Ferguson, Harry James, Supersax, Hanna-Fontana, Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Tony Bennett, Oscar Peterson, Count Basie, the Merv Griffin Show band and over 250 albums are legendary!
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| Publisher |
Meredith Music |
| Series |
Meredith Music Resource |
| Pages |
240(07) |
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| Category |
Reference |
| SubCategory1 |
Biographies |
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| Medium |
Softcover |
| ISBN13 |
9781574631920 |
| ISBN13 |
1574631926 |
| Dimensions |
229x152 |
