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GABBARD, KRIN - Hotter than that : the trumpet, jazz, and American culture / Krin Gabbard

Title: Hotter than that : the trumpet, jazz, and American culture / Krin Gabbard
Description: New York : Faber and Faber 2008. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 251 pages; Physical description: xvi. 251 p.[16] of plates ; 22 cm. Subjects: Trumpet - History. Trumpeters - United States. Jazz musicians - United States. Contents: How Buddy Bolden blew his brains out (but not before he changed the music forever) -- From the Pyramids to New Orleans : the trumpet before jazz -- Louis Armstrong's beam of lyrical sound -- Bending brass : the art of the trumpet maker and my romance with the equipment -- Caution : the trumpet may be hazardous to your health -- Miles runs the voodoo down.Weight in Kg appr.:

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Price: EUR 10.00 = appr. US$ 10.87 Seller: MW Books
- Book number: 215727



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