Mitchell & Ruff: An American Profile in Jazz
- ISBN-10
- 1589882652
- ISBN-13
- 9781589882652
- Category
- Music
- Pages
- 191
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- Paul Dry Books
- Author
- William Knowlton Zinsser
Description
This portrait of jazz musicians Willie Ruff and Dwike Mitchell tells not just how these men became musicians but how they live their lives as musicians -- how they give the gift of jazz to communities that would otherwise not have access to this powerful music. Born into Southern homes long before the civil rights era began, Ruff and Mitchell became successful musicians with degrees from two of the country's most elite conservatories. Mitchell and Ruff follows the musicians to Shanghai, where they bring jazz to China; to the Midwest, where they demonstrate their talents to audiences usually ignored by musicians; to New York City, where Mitchell teaches a new generation of talented but untrained musicians; and to Venice, where Ruff travels back to the roots of Western music in order to understand jazz legacy.
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