It's About Time
The Dave Brubeck Story
Will be published approx. on 31. July 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-1-55728-405-1 (ISBN)
Description
Including an extensive annotated discography, It's About Time is much more than an upbeat examination of the Brubeck phenomenon. It is also a penetrating view of the culture, the music, the musicians, the recording industry, the country, and the century that gave birth to jazz.
Reviews / Votes
Pianist and composer Dave Brubeck led a jazz quartet that produced the pop hit "Take Five" and achieved acclaim during the 1950s and 1960s. Hall, a veteran radio broadcaster, writes a fan's account of Brubeck's personal journey from boyhood up through international celebrity. Through interviews with Brubeck and others, we hear tales of "life on the road," meet Bru's peers, and learn something about his music, mostly about his later orchestral works. Questions about Brubeck's entire musical corpus and its place in jazz are better answered in Ilse Storb's Dave Brubeck: Improvisations and Compositions (Peter Lang, 1994). Hall's discography lists American-issued recordings but excludes the many European releases and reissues. Appropriate for general audiences."-Library Journal (Paul Baker, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison)More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Fayetteville
United States
Edition type
Annotated edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Illustrations, ports.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 148 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
426 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55728-405-1 (9781557284051)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
07/1996
1st Edition
University of Arkansas Press
€27.99
Available for download
Person
Fred M. Hall has been in music and radio broadcasting since 1941 and writes prolifically on jazz and big bands. He is producer and distributor of Fred Hall's Swing Thing, an internationally syndicated radio show heard in the United States, Canada, England, Scotland, and Wales, and has worked with and known many of the greats of the Golden Era of Swing. He lives currently in South Lake Tahoe, California, with his wife, Gita.