Ghosts of Harlem Sessions with Jazz Legends

Name: Ghosts of Harlem Sessions with Jazz Legends
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ISBN: 9780826516275

ISBN-10: 0826516270

ISBN-13: 9780826516275

Edition: 2009

Authors: Hank O'Neal, Charles Rangel

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From 1985 to the present, Hank ONeal interviewed 42 jazz legends who made music in Harlem during its heyday and decline. In their homes or immediate neighborhoods, he took their portraits with a large-format view camera and talked with them about what had been the best places to play, the interaction of the races, and about why the Harlem scene had faded. For each 'session' with a jazz legend, O'Neal has supplemented the interview and portraits with many of his other photographs, historical photographs and memorabilia. From the archives of Chiaroscuro Records, O'Neal has produced a CD that accompanies the book, which features sixteen of the 'ghosts' playing at the ends of their careers,…

Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Publication date: 7/20/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 496
Size: 9.00" wide x 12.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English



Introduction


Discovering Lost Locations (1996 and 2007)


A Guide to the Interviews Andy Kirk Benny Waters Greely Walton Tommy Benford Doc Cheatham Gene Prince Ovie Alston Eddie Durham Cab Calloway Benny Carter Lawrence Lucie Jonah Jones Sammy Price Johnny Williams Eddie Barefield Danny Barker Milt Hinton Sy Oliver Buck Clayton Bill Dillard Maxine Sullivan Franz Jackson Red Richards Erskine Hawkins Bobby Williams Buddy Tate Al Casey Harry Edison George Kelly Dizzy Gillespie Jimmy Hamilton J. C. Heard Panama Francis Sammy Lowe Joe Williams Al Cobbs Clark Terry Billy Taylor Illinois Jacquet Frank Wess Thelma Carpenter Major Holley


The Survivors (Barefield, Calloway, Cheatham, Hinton)


Photography Selected Discography


Listening to the Ghosts of Harlem


Acknowledgments


Index