Song for My Fathers A New Orleans Story in Black and White

Name: Song for My Fathers A New Orleans Story in Black and White
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ISBN: 9781590513767

ISBN-10: 1590513762

ISBN-13: 9781590513767

Edition: N/A

Authors: Tom Sancton

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Set in New Orleans in the 1950s and 1960s, Sancton's passionate memoir pays tribute to the white father who raised him and to the black founding fathers of Jazz, "the mens" of Preservation Hall, who inspired and encouraged him as he grew, as a musician, and as a man.

Book details

List price: $22.95
Publisher: Other Press, LLC
Publication date: 4/20/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.47" wide x 8.24" long x 1.06" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Tom Sancton graduated from Harvard in 1971 and attended Oxford as a Rhodes scholar. He worked at Time magazine for 22 years and co-authored the bestseller Death of a Princess in 1998. He has also appeared as a clarinetist at major jazz festivals and has recorded more than a dozen albums. He currently lives in Paris with his wife Sylvaine.