The producer: John Hammond and the soul of American music

A pioneering producer and talent spotter, Hammond discovered and championed some of the most gifted musicians of early jazz -- Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Charlie Christian, Benny Goodman. Then as jazz gave way to pop and rock, Hammond repeated the trick, discovering Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Bru...

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1. Verfasser: Prial, Dunstan (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2006
Ausgabe:1. ed.
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Zusammenfassung:A pioneering producer and talent spotter, Hammond discovered and championed some of the most gifted musicians of early jazz -- Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Charlie Christian, Benny Goodman. Then as jazz gave way to pop and rock, Hammond repeated the trick, discovering Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Bruce Springsteen, and Stevie Ray Vaughan in his life's extraordinary second act. Dunstan Prial's biography presents Hammond's life as a gripping story of music, money, fame, and racial conflict, played out in the nightclubs and recording studios where the music was made.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index -- Includes discography: p. [313]-326
Beschreibung:XIV, 347 S., [4] Bl. Ill. 24 cm
ISBN:0374113041
9780374113049

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