Full Description
London-based musician and journalist Gordon Jack's method is to let the musicians tell their own stories with minimum intervention, in the manner of Ira Gitler's classic Swing to Bop. Famous or obscure, these more than 30 musicians who came to prominence in the 1950s each has a story to tell, and Jack captures the style and tone of his interviewees in this oral retrospective of what may have been jazz's last golden age. The musicians are: Gene Allen, Mose Allison, Dave Bailey, Chuck Berghofer, Eddie Bert, Bob Brookmeyer, Pete Christlieb, Bill Crow, Joe Dodge, Bob Enevoldsen, Don Ferrara, Herb Geller, Corky Hale, Peter Ind, Frank Isola, Lee Konitz, Stan Levey, Jack Montrose, Gerry Mulligan, the Gerry Mulligan Quartet (with Larry Bunker, Chico Hamilton, Carson Smith, Bob Whitlock), Lennie Niehaus, Jack Nimitz, Hod O'Brien, Bill Perkins, Bud Shank, Phil Urso, and Phil Woods. Jack's introductions and notes unobtrusively sketch out the life and achievements of each musician, and there are photographs of each one, many of them taken by Jack himself.
Contents
Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Acknowledgments Chapter 3 Introduction Chapter 4 1. Gene Allen Chapter 5 2. Mose Allison Chapter 6 3. Dave Bailey Chapter 7 4. Chuck Berghofer Chapter 8 5. Eddie Bert Chapter 9 6. Bob Brookmeyer Chapter 10 7. Pete Christlieb Chapter 11 8. Bill Crow Chapter 12 9. Joe Dodge Chapter 13 10. Bob Enevoldsen Chapter 14 11. Don Ferrara Chapter 15 12. Herb Geller Chapter 16 13. Corky Hale Chapter 17 14. Peter Ind Chapter 18 15. Frank Isola Chapter 19 16. Lee Konitz Chapter 20 17. Stan Levey Chapter 21 18. Jack Montrose Chapter 22 19. Gerry Mulligan Chapter 23 20. Gerry Mulligan Quartet, 1952-1953 (with Larry Bunker, Chico Hamilton, Carson Smith, and Bob Whitlock) Chapter 24 21. Lennie Niehaus Chapter 25 22. Jack Nimitz Chapter 26 23. Hod O'Brien Chapter 27 24. Bill Perkins Chapter 28 25. Bub Shank Chapter 29 26. Phil Urso Chapter 30 27. Phil Woods Chapter 31 Bibliography Chapter 32 Index Chapter 33 About the Author
