Riding on a Blue Note

Riding on a Blue Note
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 338
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ISBN-10 : 0195032136
ISBN-13 : 9780195032130
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Book Synopsis Riding on a Blue Note by : Gary Giddins

Download or read book Riding on a Blue Note written by Gary Giddins and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1982 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The most imposing figure in jazz writing today" ("JazzTimes") on artists from Duke Ellington to Elvis Presley to Irving Berlin--all with that pervasive "blue note" of jazz in common.


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