Hotter than that : the trumpet, jazz, and American culture / Krin Gabbard
by Gabbard, Krin
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- Hardcover
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Galway, Ireland
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About This Item
New York : Faber and Faber, 2008. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 251 pages; Physical description: xvi, 251 p. , [16] of plates ; 22 cm. Subjects: Trumpet - History. Trumpeters - United States. Jazz musicians - United States. Contents: How Buddy Bolden blew his brains out (but not before he changed the music forever) -- From the Pyramids to New Orleans : the trumpet before jazz -- Louis Armstrong's beam of lyrical sound -- Bending brass : the art of the trumpet maker and my romance with the equipment -- Caution : the trumpet may be hazardous to your health -- Miles runs the voodoo down.
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Includes index.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 215727
- Title
- Hotter than that : the trumpet, jazz, and American culture / Krin Gabbard
- Author
- Gabbard, Krin
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York : Faber and Faber
- Date Published
- 2008
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