{"product_id":"living-the-jazz-life-conversations-with-forty-musicians-about-their-careers-in-jazz-9780195152494","title":"Living the Jazz Life: Conversations with Forty Musicians about Their Careers in Jazz","description":"No music is as individual as jazz. And no writer is as deft at bringing out what is individual in each jazz artist as W. Royal Stokes. As a reviewer, feature writer, public radio host, and author, Stokes has spent three decades covering the jazz scene. Now he draws on that rich store of knowledge and friendship to introduce us to the jazz life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In some forty interviews with saxophonists, pianists, singers, composers, and string, brass, and rhythm players, Stokes illuminates the lives of the artists and the sheer pleasure of the sounds they create. Stokes paints a vivid portrait of jazz musicians--bringing to life their influences, their careers, and their art. We hear firsthand how they became interested in jazz and how they emerged onto the jazz scene. Stokes ranges across the globe in his interviews, introducing us to vaudeville stars, blues musicians, and a dozen women instrumentalists--like the acclaimed violinist Regina Carter--from the many who now shine on a stage where they were once limited to vocals alone. From legendary veterans Jackie McLean and Louie Bellson to such rising stars as Diana Krall, Cyrus Chestnut, and Ingrid Jensen, Stokes gathers together the brightest lights in the jazz firmament, capturing not only the life of the musician, but how the musician gives life to jazz.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e W. Royal Stokes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/16\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.26h x 6.16w x 0.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195152494\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eW. Royal Stokes\u003c\/strong\u003e has written about music for such publications as \u003cem\u003eDown Beat, JazzTimes\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e, and hosted the public radio shows \u003cem\u003eI Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say...\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSince Minton's\u003c\/em\u003e. He is the former editor of the quarterly \u003cem\u003eJazz Notes\u003c\/em\u003e and the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Jazz Scene\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSwing\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eEra New York\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40210683691123,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":26.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_fa2ea063-6e46-4a10-a1ee-dde69c8d14f8.jpg?v=1656421538","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/living-the-jazz-life-conversations-with-forty-musicians-about-their-careers-in-jazz-9780195152494","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}