Alyn Shipton

Author: Alyn Shipton
	Dizzy Gillespie - Groovin' High: The Life of Dizzy Gillespie By Alyn Shipton Music / Radio Book Your Price: $6.95 Retail Price: $16.95 You Save: $10.00 (59%) 4 Customer Ratings Item Number: BK 1113
Description by OLDIES.com: Dizzy Gillespie was one of the most important and best-loved musicians in jazz history. With his horn-rimmed glasses, goatee, jive talk, and upraised trumpet bell, he was the hipster who most personified bebop. The musical heir to Louis Armstrong, he created the modern jazz trumpet-playing style and dazzled aficionados and popular audiences alike for over 50 years.In this first full biography,... Continue »
Author: Alyn Shipton
	George Shearing - Lullaby Of Birdland: The Autobiography Of George Shearing By George Shearing & Alyn Shipton Music / Radio Book - Released January 2, 2007 Your Price: $5.95 Item Number: BK 2086
Description by OLDIES.com: Pianist George Shearing is that rare thing: a European jazz musician who became a household name in the U.S., as a result of the "Shearing sound" - the recordings of his historic late-1940s quintet. Together with his unique "locked hands" approach to playing the piano, Shearing's quintet with guitar and vibraphone in close harmony to his own playing revolutionized small group jazz, and ensured... Continue »

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