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#1 Post by Kyle » Tue Feb 04, 2003 4:48 pm

I am reading the Autobiography of Count Basie and absolutely love it. I am almost done, and have had a hard time putting it down. I strongly reccomend this book to any basie afficionado.

so, when i'm done I am looking for another book to read, any ideas? I was interested in something maybe ellington, or even an autobio of a white guy in LA. suggestions...
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#2 Post by GemZombie » Tue Feb 04, 2003 5:27 pm

Kyle wrote:I am reading the Autobiography of Count Basie and absolutely love it. I am almost done, and have had a hard time putting it down. I strongly reccomend this book to any basie afficionado.

so, when i'm done I am looking for another book to read, any ideas? I was interested in something maybe ellington, or even an autobio of a white guy in LA. suggestions...
I know you're looking for swing stuff probably... but I quite enjoyed the autobiography of Miles Davis.
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#3 Post by CafeSavoy » Tue Feb 04, 2003 7:10 pm

i'm not sure if he made it to LA but Jack Kerouac's _On the Road_ is on my list. supposedly he talks about listening to Slim Gaillard.
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#4 Post by Kyle » Tue Feb 04, 2003 8:55 pm

yeah J, I try to stay as far away from Miles and company as possible. I cannot stand to listen to that stuff


same with Slim Gaillard and Jack Kerouac.
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#5 Post by CafeSavoy » Tue Feb 04, 2003 9:39 pm

Kyle wrote:yeah J, I try to stay as far away from Miles and company as possible. I cannot stand to listen to that stuff


same with Slim Gaillard and Jack Kerouac.
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#6 Post by Swifty » Tue Feb 04, 2003 10:28 pm

Rayned, you're welcome to borrow one of my copies of On The Road. It's my favorite book.

FYI, here's the excerpt pertaining to Slim: http://www.litkicks.com/Texts/RoadJazz.html

(He also talks about Lester Young)
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#7 Post by main_stem » Wed Feb 05, 2003 9:02 am

Here's 3 for you that I have read recently.

Lush Life, The biography of Billy Strayhorn
But Beautiful
Stomping the Blues

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#8 Post by kbuxton » Wed Feb 05, 2003 3:58 pm

David Margolick's Strange Fruit was worth reading. It's a biography of the song but obviously is mostly about Billie Holiday.
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#9 Post by Kyle » Wed Feb 05, 2003 6:12 pm

thanks for the suggestions guys
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#10 Post by CafeSavoy » Thu Feb 06, 2003 10:14 am

speaking of bios, anyone read "Music is my Mistress" by Duke?
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#11 Post by Soupbone » Thu Feb 06, 2003 11:31 am

And also speaking of bios, does anyone else think it's a damn shame that there is not a single book available on Fletcher Henderson?

We just had a conversation about this on a local email list. So, I won't go into my tirade again. :)
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#12 Post by Kyle » Thu Feb 06, 2003 12:04 pm

in looking for a fletcher "something" I happened by this page

http://www.tuxjunction.net/mall4.htm

it has a breif listing of some auto/biographies of selected big band leaders, looks like a nice little reference page
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#13 Post by CafeSavoy » Thu Feb 06, 2003 3:36 pm

Soupbone wrote:And also speaking of bios, does anyone else think it's a damn shame that there is not a single book available on Fletcher Henderson?

We just had a conversation about this on a local email list. So, I won't go into my tirade again. :)
i started Jazz 101, and in their section on swing, Fletcher Henderson was one of the subheadings along with Duke and Basie.
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#14 Post by Lawrence » Mon Feb 10, 2003 10:34 am

Kyle wrote:yeah J, I try to stay as far away from Miles and company as possible. I cannot stand to listen to that stuff


same with Slim Gaillard and Jack Kerouac.
Are you serious??? Or just joking?
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#15 Post by Kyle » Mon Feb 10, 2003 12:54 pm

not a joke. I cannot stand Miles Davis, John Coltrain, Dizzy Gilespie, Slim and Slam, the standard issued stuff from those guys. I have heard one slim gaillard song that i like, and I know that coltrain played in other bands that I like, but i am just talking about what they are known for, what gets played most on the radio.
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