The Great jazz pianists : speaking of their lives and music /
The Great jazz pianists : speaking of their lives and music /
Len Lyons ; photographs by Veryl Oakland.
- New York, N.Y. : Da Capo Press, c1983.
- 321 p. : ports. ; 23 cm.
- A Da Capo paperback .
Reprint. Originally published: New York : W. Morrow, 1983.
Includes discographies and index.
A survey of the jazz pianists and their tradition -- Theodore "Teddy" Wilson -- Mary Lou Williams -- John Lewis -- Sun Ra -- George Shearing -- Dave Brubeck -- Ahmad Jamal -- Horace Silver -- Oscar Peterson -- William "Red" Garland -- Jimmy Rowles -- Paul Bley -- Marian McPartland -- Billy Taylor -- John "Jaki" Byard -- Ran Blake -- Ramsey Lewis -- Randolph "Randy" Weston -- Bill Evans -- Steve Kuhn -- McCoy Tyner -- Toshiko Akiyoshi -- Armando "Chick" Corea -- Herbie Hancock -- Josef "Joe" Zawinul -- Keith Jarrett -- Cecil Taylor -- Appendix -- Index.
0306803437
88038603
Pianists--Interviews.
Jazz musicians--Interviews.
ML397 / .G68 1983b
786.1/092/2 B
Reprint. Originally published: New York : W. Morrow, 1983.
Includes discographies and index.
A survey of the jazz pianists and their tradition -- Theodore "Teddy" Wilson -- Mary Lou Williams -- John Lewis -- Sun Ra -- George Shearing -- Dave Brubeck -- Ahmad Jamal -- Horace Silver -- Oscar Peterson -- William "Red" Garland -- Jimmy Rowles -- Paul Bley -- Marian McPartland -- Billy Taylor -- John "Jaki" Byard -- Ran Blake -- Ramsey Lewis -- Randolph "Randy" Weston -- Bill Evans -- Steve Kuhn -- McCoy Tyner -- Toshiko Akiyoshi -- Armando "Chick" Corea -- Herbie Hancock -- Josef "Joe" Zawinul -- Keith Jarrett -- Cecil Taylor -- Appendix -- Index.
0306803437
88038603
Pianists--Interviews.
Jazz musicians--Interviews.
ML397 / .G68 1983b
786.1/092/2 B