Whisper not : the autobiography of Benny Golson /

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Author / Creator:	Golson, Benny, author.
Imprint:	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Temple University Press, 2016. ©2016
Description:	xv, 335 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Golson, Benny. Golson, Benny. African American jazz musicians -- Biography. African American composers -- Biography. Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography. Saxophonists -- United States -- Biography. Bop (Music) African American composers. African American jazz musicians. Bop (Music) Jazz musicians. Saxophonists. United States. Autobiography Autobiographies. Biographies. Autobiographies.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13579861

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Other authors / contributors:	Merod, Jim, 1942-
ISBN:	9781439913338 1439913331 9781439913352 1439913358
Notes:	Includes index.
Summary:	The jazz musician describes his teenage years as a gifted saxophonist, his friendship with John Coltrane, his performances with Sonny Rollins, Dizzy Gillespie, and Jimmy Heath, and his work as a composer for films and television. --Publisher's description.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Introduction
Part I. John Coltrane
Chapter 1. One of a Kind: John Coltrane
Chapter 2. John and I Meet Diz and Bird
Chapter 3. John Becomes a Dynamo
Part II. The 'Hood and Youthful Reckonings
Chapter 4. Uncle Robert and the Man
Chapter 5. Two Heroes and a Night at Minton's
Chapter 6. Early Tragedies and Victories
Chapter 7. Welfare Days, Hard Times
Part III. Great People
Chapter 8. No One Else: Bobbie Hurd
Chapter 9. Moose and Bostic
Chapter 10. Art Blakey's Neophytes and Tadd Dameron's Luck
Chapter 11. Further Adventures with Tadd and an Evening with Louis Armstrong
Chapter 12. The Duel: Clifford Brown and hats Navarro
Chapter 13. Wonder and Beauty: Betty Carter and Art Farmer
Chapter 14. Genius Squared: Jimmy and Percy Heath
Chapter 15. Unrivaled Aces: Sarah Vaughan and BUI Evans
Chapter 16. Four "Brothers": Mulgrew Miller, Woody Herman, Henry Brant, and George Russell
Part IV. Hollywood
Chapter 17. Starting Over
Chapter 18. Getting' My Mojo Workin'
Chapter 19. M&ast;A&ast;S&ast;H
Chapter 20. Movie Stars Like Jazz, Too
Part V. Amazing Friendships
Chapter 21. Quincy Jones
Chapter 22. Sweets and Diz
Chapter 23. Philly Joe Jones
Chapter 24. Monk, Max, and Dinah
Chapter 25. Curtis Fuller and The Jazztet
Part VI. Music and Writing
Chapter 26. Writing
Chapter 27. Lessons
Chapter 28. "Stablemates": My First Recorded Song
Chapter 29. "Along Came Betty"
Chapter 30. "I Remember Clifford"
Chapter 31. The Ballad and "Weight"
Part VII. Icons
Chapter 32. Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks
Chapter 33. Duke and Strayborn
Chapter 34. Coleman Hawkins
Chapter 35. Art Blakey and Thelonious Monk
Chapter 36. Blakey and The Jazz Messengers
Chapter 37. Kenny Dorham and Lee Morgan
Chapter 38. Sonny Rollins
Chapter 39. Great Performances: Oscar Pettiford, Ron Carter, Billy Higgins, Billy Taylor, and Walter Davis. Jr.
Chapter 40. Charles Mingus, Benny Goodman, Gigi Gryce, and Horace Silver
Chapter 41. Peggy Lee and Diana Ross
Chapter 42. Milt "Bags" Jackson, Larry Young. Joe Farrell, and Tony Williams
Chapter 43. Wynton Kelly and Chick Corea
Chapter 44. Miles Davis and Geoffrey Keezer
Chapter 45. Mickey Rooney, Redd Foxx, Jersey Joe Walcott, and Muhammad All
Part VIII. Verses and a Coda
Chapter 46. Notes on Starting Over
Chapter 47. The Blues
Chapter 48. Bridle
Coda: A New Way of Life
Acknowledgments
Index

Whisper not : the autobiography of Benny Golson /

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