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Waiting for Dizzy

Waiting for Dizzy

by Gene Lees

1991JazzJazz musiciansHistory and criticismJazz -- History and criticismJazz musicians, biography
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About this book

From Bix Beiderbecke to Dizzy Gillespie, from swing to be-bop, from the 1920s to the 1990s, Lees provides portraits of some of the most important and beloved figures in jazz history.-Derived from book jacket.

Themes & subjects

JazzJazz musiciansHistory and criticismJazz -- History and criticismJazz musicians, biography
First published 1991

About the author

Gene Lees

8 February 1928 – 22 April 2010

Canadian music critic, biographer, lyricist, and journalist.

Author

Gene Lees

First published

1991

Pages

251

Read time

≈ 6h

Editions

4

Language

English

Publisher

Oxford University Press

ISBN

9780815410379

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