{"product_id":"celebrating-the-duke-and-louis-bessie-billie-bird-carmen-miles-dizzy-and-other-heroes-9780306806452","title":"Celebrating the Duke: And Louis, Bessie, Billie, Bird, Carmen, Miles, Dizzy and Other Heroes","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"If you want to know what real jazz criticism is, read \u003ci\u003eCelebrating the Duke.\u003c\/i\u003e It is a fitting memorial to an outstanding critic and writer.\"--\u003ci\u003eJazz Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eCelebrating the Duke\u003c\/i\u003e offers readers a perceptive, panoramic survey of jazz as revealed, in illuminating detail, through the lives and music of its heroes and heroines, including Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong, Jimmie Lunceford, Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Albert Ayler, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, and a rich cache of writings on \"America's greatest composer,\" the Duke himself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword by Studs Terkel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew introduction by Ira Gitler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ralph J. Gleason\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Da Capo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.43h x 5.37w x 0.67d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780306806452\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJazz and rock critic, founding editor of \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone, \u003c\/i\u003eproducer, disc jockey, teacher, and vice-president of Fantasy Records, \u003cb\u003eRalph J. Gleason\u003c\/b\u003e (1917-1975) was the author of \u003ci\u003eJam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eSessions \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Jefferson Airplane and the San Francisco Sound.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Da Capo Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40937559392371,"sku":"9.78031E+12","price":36.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_ab5f1d92-7996-4f57-9329-909067a238e9.jpg?v=1693316053","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/celebrating-the-duke-and-louis-bessie-billie-bird-carmen-miles-dizzy-and-other-heroes-9780306806452","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}