In the Mainstream: 18 Portraits in Jazz

by Chip Deffaa

In the 18 profiles that make up this book, the reader will hear the stories--mostly in their own words--of a lively array of contributors to mainstream jazz and popular music. New York Post jazz critic Chip Deffaa has interviewed musicians both famous and not so famous--big band leaders like drum whiz Ray McKinley, Andy Kirk, and "Twentieth Century Gabriel" Erskine Hawkins; celebrated sidemen like clarinetist Johnny Mince and bassist Bob Haggart;...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810825589
• ISBN13: 9780810825581
• Release Date: June 1992
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Length: 402 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"