Up From The Cradle Of Jazz
- ISBN-10
- 030680493X
- ISBN-13
- 9780306804939
- Series
- Up from the Cradle of Jazz
- Category
- Music / Genres & Styles / Jazz
- Pages
- 285
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1992-08-21
- Publisher
- Hachette Books
- Authors
- Jason Berry, Jonathan Foose, Tad Jones
Description
Up from the Cradle of Jazz is an intimate history of New Orleans music during the last 45 years. It describes the piano playing of Fats Domino, Professor Longhair, James Booker, Huey Piano Smith and Dr John; the singing of Irma Thomas, Little Richard, Aaron Neville and Lee Dorsey; the compositions and performances of Allen Toussaint, Guitar Slim, Wynton and Branford Marsalis, The Meters and The Neville Brothers. From smoky bars and nightclubs to the open air revelry of Mardi Gras, this work aims to be the definitive story of the music of contemporary New Orleans.
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Other editions
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- 2009
- 373 pages
- Paperback
- University of Louisiana at Lafayette
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- 2009
- 373 pages
- Paperback
- University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press
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- 1986
- 285 pages
- Paperback
- University of Georgia Press
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- 1986
- 285 pages
- Paperback
- Athens : University of Georgia Press
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