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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Unusual cultural history,
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This review is from: Hotter Than That: The Trumpet, Jazz, and American Culture (Hardcover)
This book mixes jazz history, personal anecdote and cultural criticism to create a very readable and provocative history of the jazz trumpet. Gabbard's book will not replace the more detailed jazz histories on which he relies, but the reader will find interesting takes on the trumpet and black masculinity and the trumpet as the most difficult and painful instrument to play. A brisk history of trumpet-like instruments and a lively discussion of how today's trumpets are made are interspersed with chapters on Buddy Bolden, Louis Armstrong, and Miles Davis. Most other trumpeters get only brief mention. The reader looking for detailed discussions of musical movements, techniques and individual playing styles will be disappointed. But the book is full of interesting tidbits and anecdotes.
1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The trumpet as a force in people's lives,
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This review is from: Hotter Than That: The Trumpet, Jazz, and American Culture (Hardcover)
"Hotter Than That" is on the ROROTOKO list of cutting-edge intellectual nonfiction. Professor Gabbard's book interview ran here as a cover feature on December 26, 2008.
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Hotter Than That: The Trumpet, Jazz, and American Culture by Krin Gabbard (Hardcover - October 28, 2008)
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