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Title: Mitchell & Ruff: An American Profile in Jazz by William Zinsser ISBN: 0-9664913-4-3 Publisher: Paul Dry Books Inc Pub. Date: November, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: an overlooked classic
Comment: This book is a masterpiece. Zinnser delivers what is perhaps the archetypical story of the development of serious American artists. Zinnser is one of the most talented and overlooked writers, and he tells the story of Mitchell and Ruff with humor, clarity, and intelligence. If most books about jazz and jazz musicians were this good, we'd have a whole subset of profound literature based on the music, but unfortunately, Zinnser's book is a rare gem. Dwike Mitchell and Willie Ruff couldn't have hoped for a better writer, nor Zinnser for a better subject.
Rating: 5
Summary: Willie, Dwike and Zinsser
Comment: I am a big fan of Zinsser and the child of a big band sax man so had to read Willie and Dwike. Willie and Dwike (the earlier, out -of -print edition of this book) is the life stories of two amazing and brilliant musicians and the author who shadows them as they travel to foreign countries and small towns across the U.S. Throughout, Zinsser conveys the great minds, quiet dignity and incredible musicianship of these men so dedicated to their art - the art of jazz. It is a delightful read! A must read if you love jazz and good writing.
Rating: 5
Summary: Not Just for Jazz Fans
Comment: Get this book! Zinsser is a fabulous writer. You will be moved and enthralled by the story of these gifted and dedicated men. The author's description of Ruff explaining the concept of musical improvisation to a Chinese audience is unforgetable.
I think this is a re-issue of Willie & Dwyke (1984), now out of print.
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Title: Out of Our Past by Carl N. Degler ISBN: 0061319856 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 20 January, 1983 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Rolling Stone: The Decades of Rock & Roll by Editors of Rolling Stone ISBN: 0811829782 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: December, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: America Past and Present, Volume I: Chapters 1-16 (6th Edition) by Robert A. Divine, T.H. Breen, George M. Fredrickson, R. Hal Williams ISBN: 0321084047 Publisher: Longman Pub. Date: 23 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $80.00 |
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Title: WHEN THE FAT LADY SINGS: Opera History As It Ought To Be Taught by David W. Barber, Anna Russell, Maureen Forrester, Dave Donald ISBN: 0920151345 Publisher: Sound And Vision Ltd Pub. Date: 07 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Boston Boy: Growing Up With Jazz and Other Rebellious Passions by Nat Hentoff ISBN: 096796752X Publisher: Paul Dry Books Inc Pub. Date: December, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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