In the Mainstream

By Chip Deffaa

Book Overview

In the 18 profiles that make up this book, the reader will hear the stories--mostly in their own words--of a lively array of contributors to mainstream jazz and popular music. New York Post jazz critic Chip Deffaa has interviewed musicians both famous and not so famous--big band leaders like drum whiz Ray McKinley, Andy Kirk, and "Twentieth Century Gabriel" Erskine Hawkins; celebrated sidemen like clarinetist Johnny Mince and bassist Bob Haggart; 1920's trumpeter Doc Cheatham and arranger Bill Challis; 30's trumpeter Bill Dillard; 40's saxist George Kelly; and drummer Sonny Igoe, pianist Dick Hyman, and drummer Jack Hanna of more recent years; plus Buddy Morrow, Oliver Jackson, Mahlon Clark, Joe Wilder, Bucky and John Pizzarelli, and Ken Peplowski.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810825589
• ISBN13: 9780810825581
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Length: 402 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"