9781439913338

1439913331

9781439913352

1439913358

John Coltrane. One of a kind: John Coltrane ; John and I meet Diz and Bird ; John becomes a dynamo

The 'hood and youthful reckonings. Uncle Robert and the man ; Two heroes and a night at Minton's ; Early tragedies and victories ; Welfare days, hard times

Great people. No one else: Bobbie Hurd ; Moose and Bostic ; Art Blakey's neophytes and Tadd Dameron's luck ; Further adventures with Tadd and an evening with Louis Armstrong ; The duel: Clifford Brown and Fats Navarro ; Wonder and beauty: Betty Carter and Art Farmer ; Genius squared: Jimmy and Percy Heath ; Unrivaled aces: Sarah Vaughan and Bill Evans ; Four "brothers": Mulgrew Miller, Woody Herman, Henry Brant, and George Russell

Hollywood. Starting over ; Gettin' my mojo workin' ; M*A*S*H ; Movie stars like jazz, too

Amazing friendships. Quincy Jones ; Sweets and Diz ; Philly Joe Jones ; Monk, Max, and Dinah ; Curtis Fuller and the jazztet

Music and writing. Writing ; Lessons ; "Stablemates": my first recorded song ; "Along came Betty" ; "I remember Clifford" ; The ballad and "Weight"

Icons. Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks ; Duke and Strayhorn ; Coleman Hawkins ; Art Blakey and Thelonious Monk ; Blakey and the jazz messengers ; Kenny Dorham and Lee Morgan ; Sonny Rollins ; Great performances: Oscar Pettiford, Ron Carter, Billy Higgins, Billy Taylor, and Walter Davis, Jr. ; Charles Mingus, Benny Goodman, Gigi Gryce, and Horace Silver ; Peggy Lee and Diana Ross ; Milt "Bags" Jackson, Larry Young, Joe Farrell, and Tony Williams ; Wynton Kelly and Chick Corea ; Miles Davis and Geoffrey Keezer ; Mickey Rooney, Redd Foxx, Jersey Joe Walcott, and Muhammad Ali

Verses and a coda. Notes on starting over ; The blues ; Brielle ; Coda: a new way of life.

Jazz musicians > United States > Biography.

Saxophonists > United States > Biography.