Remembering Song. Encounters With The New Orleans Jazz Tradition - 1st Edition/1st Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Publisher: New York: Viking Press, 1982.
Price: $50.00
Remembering Song. Encounters With The New Orleans Jazz Tradition - 1st Edition/1st Printing
A Fine first printing of the first edition in alike dust-jacket.
This is the story of an American outsider's journey into the heart of New Orleans jazz, and the people and music that have influenced him. Turner traces the history of jazz in New Orleans, from early Creole traditions to the flowering of the big bands of the 1940s and '50s. He meets many of the leading figures in the city's music history, from Louis Armstrong to Benny Goodman. And he listens to the music, journeying deep into the heart of the Crescent City's jazz tradition.; 8vo; [xx], 123 pages; $10.00.
