From Satchmo to Miles

by Leonard G. Feather and Leonard Feather

Book Overview

Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Norman Granz, Oscar Peterson, Ray Charles, Don Ellis, and Miles Davis-these are the dozen jazz figures whom Leonard Feather chose to describe the development of jazz. This is the first Feather book to examine in-depth the innovative figures who have led the way throughout the music's history. As composer, producer, and for almost half-a-century...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030680302X
• ISBN13: 9780306803024
• Release Date: August 1987
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.0"