Giants of Jazz

A baker's dozen of intimate portraits of jazz legends by the Pulitzer Prize-winning jazz aficionado.InGiants of Jazz, bestselling author and master storyteller Studs Terkel sketches the lives of thirteen giants who have made American jazz what it is today. Terkel—a lifelong fan and friend of many of these legends—uses firsthand interviews with the artists to bring to life the human stories behind the music. First published in 1957 and now reissued in a handsome, illustrated gift edition, Giants of Jazz is a master interviewer's evocation of the mythic heroes of this uniquely American music form.13 Jazz Greats covered inGiants of Jazz:Louis Armstrong• Count Basie• Bix Beiderbecke• John Coltrane• Duke Ellington• Dizzy Gillespie• Benny Goodman• Woody Herman• Billie Holiday• Joe Oliver• Charlie Parker• Bessie Smith• Fats Waller Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.