Two Books on Jazz

[DukeCity]

I just got a mailer from Oxford Press and two titles looked interesting to me:

"The Uncrowned King of Swing: Fletcher Henderson and Big Band Jazz", by Jeffrey Magee

and

"Growing Up with Jazz: Twenty-Four Musicians Talk about Their Lives and Careers", by W. Royal Stokes

Have any of you read either of these books? Any assessment, or recommendations either way?

--Glenn

[Rooster_Ties]

"Growing Up with Jazz: Twenty-Four Musicians Talk about Their Lives and Careers", by W. Royal Stoke

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Which 24??

[DukeCity]

"Growing Up with Jazz: Twenty-Four Musicians Talk about Their Lives and Careers", by W. Royal Stoke

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Which 24??

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Don't know which 24. Mostly I'm interested in whether the writing is any good...

[Free For All]

I found this description which at least listed some of the interviewees, but it's from Oxford press, so you've probably seen this info already. Looks like an eclectic bunch.

Growing Up With Jazz

[Don Brown]

I was very impressed with the Fletcher Henderson biography. The author has used the same approach Scott Deveaux did in his excellent book on bebop. While there are numerous musical examples (often intimidating to the non-musician) I found the book very informative.

[DukeCity]

I was very impressed with the Fletcher Henderson biography. The author has used the same approach Scott Deveaux did in his excellent book on bebop. While there are numerous musical examples (often intimidating to the non-musician) I found the book very informative.

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Thanks, DB. Turns out, my university library has both of these titles. So I can check-out (literally) either of them gratis.

--Glenn

[robviti]

I found this description which at least listed some of the interviewees, but it's from Oxford press, so you've probably seen this info already. Looks like an eclectic bunch.

Growing Up With Jazz

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sadly, i see that one of the artists stokes profiled, vocalist pam bricker, committed suicide earlier this year.