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Louis' Children: American Jazz Singers
by Gourse, Leslie
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- Paperback
- Condition
- AS NEW/AS NEW
- ISBN 10
- 0815411146
- ISBN 13
- 9780815411147
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About This Item
SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 2nd. Thus. Revised.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2001(1984)* Publisher: Cooper Square Press.* Binding and cover condition: B/w photo-illustrated soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. No shelf wear to edges or corners. No creases to spine or hinge. AS NEW* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no visible faults. No tanning. AS NEW* Illustrations: A number of b/w photo illustrations within text.* Pages: 372 pp. text. viiii pp., bibliography, index & advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- Louis Armstrong pioneered the jazz vocal. Based on dozens of interviews, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the diverse performers who inherited Satchmo's legacy and made it their own. They are Ethel Waters, Bing Crosby, Bobby McFerrin, Cab Calloway, Big Joe Turner, Billie Holiday, Nat "King" Cole, Joe Williams, Dinah Washington, Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Carmen McRae, Tony Bennett, and many others. This edition has been updated with a substantial new chapter that focuses on current artists like Cassandra Wilson and Harry Connick, Jr.* This is a FINE AS NEW copy of the 2nd. revised edition.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2024
- Title
- Louis' Children: American Jazz Singers
- Author
- Gourse, Leslie
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd. Edition, Revised & Reset.
- ISBN 10
- 0815411146
- ISBN 13
- 9780815411147
- Publisher
- Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S.
- Place of Publication
- N.Y. USA. 384
- This edition first published
- February 1, 2001
- Size
- 15.5 x 2.1 x 22.8 cm
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