Teddy Wilson worked with innumerable jazz musicians during his varied and colourful life. He first became known in the small groups led by Benny Goodman, and through his series of recordings with jazz singer Billie Holiday. This is a posthumous account of his life and career, covering his associations with critic and producer John Hammond, jazz clarinettist Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday and fellow pianists such as Earl Hines and Art Tatum. It also includes recollections of Al Capone, jazz pioneer Jelly Roll Morton, Bessie Smith and Lester Young, and an insider's account of working with Benny Goodman, who wrote the foreword to the book. The book also contains a discography of the artist's recordings.
| ||||||||||||||||||
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
Review
"Full of valuable information and quietly astute observation that matches the pianist's manner and music."
-Stanley Dance, JazzTimes
"Provides many personal insights into the life and times of Theodore Shaw Wilson, a prodigious pianist."
-John Nelson, Mississippi Rag
"Articulate, generous and humane, Wilson's book fully expresses his jazz personality."
-Chris Searle, Morning Star --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
-Stanley Dance, JazzTimes
"Provides many personal insights into the life and times of Theodore Shaw Wilson, a prodigious pianist."
-John Nelson, Mississippi Rag
"Articulate, generous and humane, Wilson's book fully expresses his jazz personality."
-Chris Searle, Morning Star --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
About the Author
Teddy Wilson was a well-known jazz musician who died in 1986. Arie Ligthart was a guitarist with the Dutch Swing College band for over twenty years, appearing on many sessions with the band's American guests including Billy Butterfield, Joe Venuti and Jimmy Witherspoon, as well as Teddy Wilson. Humphrey van Loo is an Anglo-Dutch writer, journalist and publicist.
--This text refers to the
Paperback
edition.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Pleasant contents and an excellent discography,
By A Customer
This review is from: Teddy Wilson Talks Jazz (Bayou) (Hardcover)
Teddy Wilson's elegant piano-style is reflected in this book. It is a self-portrait that avoids being hard on anybody. Teddy recounts his career with style and distance thereby avoiding being too personal. He doesn't cover every single year but rather focuses on some - to him - important incidents. The book is recommended for everybody interested in the swing era and its musicians and makes a pleasant reading. In the appendix there is an excellent discography listing - as far as I can judge it - really everything known as being recorded by Teddy Wilson, even if it has never been issued so far.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
Browse and search another edition of this book.
Browse and search another edition of this book.
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs):
(learn more)
swing era Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Benny Goodman, Teddy Wilson Talks, Billie Holiday, Benny Carter, Art Tatum, Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, John Hammond, Earl Hines, Gene Krupa, Louis Armstrong, Café Society, Handful of Keys, Soviet Union, Ben Webster, Lionel Hampton, Fletcher Henderson, Dutch Swing College Band, Lester Young, Second World War, Swing Is King, Band Of My Own, Chick Webb, Speed Webb Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Surprise Me!
swing era Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Benny Goodman, Teddy Wilson Talks, Billie Holiday, Benny Carter, Art Tatum, Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, John Hammond, Earl Hines, Gene Krupa, Louis Armstrong, Café Society, Handful of Keys, Soviet Union, Ben Webster, Lionel Hampton, Fletcher Henderson, Dutch Swing College Band, Lester Young, Second World War, Swing Is King, Band Of My Own, Chick Webb, Speed Webb Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Surprise Me!
Citations (learn more)
3
books
cite this book:
- Suits Me: The Double Life of Billy Tipton by Diane Wood Middlebrook in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Quotable Jazz (Quotable Books) by Marshall Bowden in Back Matter
- Gods, Mongrels, and Demons: 101 Brief But Essential Lives by Angus Calder on page 165
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product).
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
