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Let's get to the nitty gritty : the autobiography of Horace Silver / Horace Silver ; edited, with afterword, by Phil Pastras

Author
Silver, Horace, 1928-2014
Published
Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, [2006]
Copyright Date
©2006
Physical Description
1 online resource (xviii, 264 pages)
Additional Creators
Pastras, Philip
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Language Note
English.
Contents
Childhood -- Dreaming my dreams : teenage years -- Lady music and the messengers : early adult years -- The quintet -- Westward bound : middle years -- Off the merry-go-round : later years.
Summary
Horace Silver is one of the giants from the incredible flowering and creative extension of bebop music that became known as "hard bop" in the 1950s. This autobiography of the great composer, pianist, and bandleader takes us from his childhood in Norwalk, Connecticut, through his rise to fame as a musician in New York.
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ISBN
9780520941427 (electronic bk.)
052094142X (electronic bk.)
1423752651 (electronic bk.)
9781423752653 (electronic bk.)
9780520253926
0520253922
9786612360442
6612360445
1598759299
9781598759297
9780520243743
0520243749
1282360442
9781282360440
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Discography
Bibliography Note
Includes discography, bibliographical references and index.
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