Including exclusive interviews with Sinatra's most notable collaborators, full-color reproductions of rare photos and memorabilia throughout, and a definitive overview of the man and the music that has enhanced generations of listeners, author Stan Britt chronologically investigates the many stages of an illustrious career that is still going strong.

Frank Sinatra

Arts & Photography

Britt, Stan

Britt

Music

Schirmer Trade Books

Described by Leonard Feather as "one of the most influential saxophonists of the bop era," Dexter Gordon has been a recognized master for over four decades. This new biography traces his career from his early stints with Lionel Hampton and Louis Armstrong, through his time with the bop big band of Billy Eckstine and his sparring partnership with fellow tenor-player Wardell Gray in Los Angeles, to his self-exile in Denmark, and his triumphant return to New York in 1976, an event that decisively shaped the still strong bebop revival. Stan Britt devotes chapters to Gordon's acclaimed performance in the movie 'Round Midnight, for which he received an Academy Award nomination, along with extended discussions of his recording legacy and an analysis of his unmistakable tenor sound and style. With a notated discography and a keen appreciation of Dexter's warm, ironic personality, this biography adds another dimension to our understanding of one of the coolest—and tallest—figures of jazz.

Dexter Gordon: A Musical Biography

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Da Capo Press

Long Tall Dexter

Quartet Books Ltd.

Offers brief profiles of the best jazz guitarists, includes discographies for each, and shares solo transcriptions for the top twelve

The Jazz Guitarists

Blandford Pr

Frank Sinatra was one of the few artists who can truly be called a legend in his lifetime. During more than five decades in the public eye, he evolved into the much-lauded, deeply-respected king of popular music who also proved adept as a movie actor, director, producer and businessman. This book pays homage to Sinatra the performer - the man who changed the face of popular music and was known as 'The Voice'. It tells the story of his remarkable career and explains what made him one of the greatest singing voices of modern times. In special retrospective sections, it looks critically at his enormous artistic output, on disc, radio, television, film and in live performance. This timely salute to Sinatra is illustrated with over 150 magnificent photographs, gathered from a wide variety of sources, and showing Sinatra at each stage of his event-packed career. Author Stan Britt brings the fruits of many years of research to this book, including revealing personal insights, many of them exc

Carlton Publishing

Frank Sinatra: A Celebtration

Carlton Books

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