And They All Sang Adventures of an Eclectic Disc Jockey

Name: And They All Sang Adventures of an Eclectic Disc Jockey
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ISBN: 9781595581181

ISBN-10: 1595581189

ISBN-13: 9781595581181

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Authors: Studs Terkel

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The Pulitzer Prize winner's "latest indispensable oral history" (New York Times) of the twentieth century's most celebrated musicians. Throughout the second half of the twentieth century, Studs Terkel hosted a legendary daily radio show in Chicago, presenting listeners with his inimitable take on an eclectic range of music, from classical, opera, and jazz to gospel, blues, folk, and rock. And They All Sang is nothing less than "a tribute to music's universality and power" (Philadelphia Inquirer), featuring more than forty of Terkel's unforgettable conversations with some of the greatest musicians of the past centuryincluding Louis Armstrong, Leonard Bernstein, Big Bill Broonzy, Bob Dylan,…

Book details

List price: $19.99
Publisher: New Press, The
Publication date: 9/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 301
Size: 5.46" wide x 8.24" long x 0.86" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English



Foreword



Acknowledgments


Introduction


Prelude: An American Original






Vox Humana


Good and Evil



The Outsider



Liebestod



Salzburg



American-Born



The Instrument



Composers



Impresario (1)






Jazz



Impresario (2)






Spirituals, Blues, Folk, Rock



Impresario (3)






Variations on the Theme



Postlude: A Graceful Goodbye



Biographical Notes