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New Orleans: Playing a Jazz Chorus

Samuel Charters

3.2/5 ( ratings)

This book is a deeply personal portrait of the people and music of today’s New Orleans—a city that has been hard hit by Katrina, but is managing to keep its great jazz tradition, brass band scene, incomparable food, and unique lifestyle vital and intact.

Among the musicians appearing in this book are: the Rebirth Brass Band, Hot 8, the Soul Rebels, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Johnny Vidacovich, Barry Martyn, Lars Edegran, Chuck Badie, Pete Fountain, Michael White, the Hot Club of New Orleans, Coco Robicheaux, record company owner George Buck, and gospel musician Billy Edwards.

The book also presents portraits of everyday New Orleans people confronting a challenging situation.

Language: English

Pages: 336

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd

Release: October 01, 2006

ISBN: 0714531316

ISBN 13: 9780714531311

New Orleans: Playing a Jazz Chorus

Samuel Charters

3.2/5 ( ratings)

This book is a deeply personal portrait of the people and music of today’s New Orleans—a city that has been hard hit by Katrina, but is managing to keep its great jazz tradition, brass band scene, incomparable food, and unique lifestyle vital and intact.

Among the musicians appearing in this book are: the Rebirth Brass Band, Hot 8, the Soul Rebels, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Johnny Vidacovich, Barry Martyn, Lars Edegran, Chuck Badie, Pete Fountain, Michael White, the Hot Club of New Orleans, Coco Robicheaux, record company owner George Buck, and gospel musician Billy Edwards.

The book also presents portraits of everyday New Orleans people confronting a challenging situation.

Language: English

Pages: 336

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd

Release: October 01, 2006

ISBN: 0714531316

ISBN 13: 9780714531311

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