The jazz life of Dr. Billy Taylor /

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Author / Creator:Taylor, Billy, 1921-2010, author.
Imprint:Bloomington ; Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, 2013.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Series:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11181391
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Other authors / contributors:Reed, Teresa L., 1964- author.
ISBN:9780253009173
0253009170
9780253009098
025300909X
Notes:Includes bibliographical references, index, and discography.
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Summary:This is the autobiography of the legendary jazz ambassador whose work spans more than six decades, from the heyday of 52nd Street in 1940s New York City to CBS Sunday Morning. Beginning with his childhood in segregation-era Washington D.C., Taylor recounts how he came of age as a jazz musician in smoke-filled clubs pulsating with the rhythms of bebop, and later climbed to world acclaim as an internationally recognized music educator and popular media figure. Through his life's work, Taylor fought not only for the recognition of Black musicians as key contributors to the American music repertoire.
Other form:Print version: Taylor, Billy, 1921-2010. Jazz life of Dr. Billy Taylor. Bloomington ; Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, 2013 9780253009098