Voices of the Jazz Age
Profiles of Eight Vintage Jazzmen
Listening one last time to the early days of the jazz
Paper – $19.95
978-0-252-06258-2
Publication Date
Paperback: 01/01/1992
Series: Music in American Life
About the Book
In Voices of the Jazz Age, Chip Deffaa interviews eight musicians who rose to popularity during the 1920s. Sam Wooding, Benny Waters, Bix Beiderbecke, Joe Tarto, Bud Freeman, Jimmy McPartland, Freddie Moore, Jabbo Smith bring the Jazz Age back to life with vivid memories, amazing stories, and their own larger-than-life personalities. Deffaa draws out their glory days in the Twenties but also invites them to share the stories of their long lives in music, often in obscurity, but in many cases still working and gigging well into their eighties.About the Author
Chip Deffaa is a playwright, producer, and a former jazz and theater critic for the New York Post. His books include Swing Legacy, Blue Rhythms, and In the Mainstream.Reviews
"A major contribution to jazz oral history."--The Mississippi RagRelated Titles
