{"product_id":"hear-me-talkin-to-ya-nat-shapiro-nat-hentoff-hentoff","title":"Hear Me Talkin' to Ya : Nat Shapiro, Nat Hentoff","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eBy Nat Shapiro, Nat Hentoff\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHear Me Talkin' to Ya (Dover Books On Music: History) \"Music is your own experience  your thoughts  your wisdom. If you don't live it  it won't come out of your horn.\" - Charlie Parker \"What is jazz? The rhythm - the feeling.\" - Coleman Hawkins \"The best sound usually comes the first time you do something. If it's spontaneous  it's going to be rough  not clean  but it's going to have the spirit which is the essence of jazz.\" - Dave Brubeck Here  in their own words  such famous jazz musicians as Louis Armstrong  King Oliver  Fletcher Henderson  Bunk Johnson  Duke Ellington  Fats Waller  Clarence Williams  Jo Jones  Jelly Roll Morton  Mezz Mezzrow  Billie Holiday  and many others recall the birth  growth  and changes in jazz over the years. From its beginnings at the turn of the twentieth century in the red-light district in New Orleans (or Storyville  as it came to be known)  to Chicago's Downtown section and the Original Dixieland Jazz Band and Chicago's South Side to jam sessions in Kansas City to Harlem during the Depression years  the West Coast and modern developments  the story of jazz is vividly and colorfully documented in hundreds of personal interviews  letters  tape recorded and telephone conversations  and excerpts from previously printed articles that appeared in books and magazines. There is no more fascinating and lively history of jazz than this firsthand telling by the men who made it. It should be read and re-read by all jazz enthusiasts  musicians  students of music and culture  students of American history  and other readers. \"A lively book bearing the stamp of honesty and naturalness.\" - Library Journal. \"A work of considerable substance.\" - The New Yorker. \"Some of the quotations are a bit racy but they give the book a wonderful flavor.\" - San Francisco Chronicle. Read less","brand":"Lushena Books","offers":[{"title":"PAPERBACK","offer_id":52437633564952,"sku":"9781639239931","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"HARDCOVER","offer_id":52437633597720,"sku":"9781631827884","price":59.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0787\/8203\/8296\/files\/51H0kwigwHL._SL1360.jpg?v=1784923805","url":"https:\/\/lushenabooksinc.com\/products\/hear-me-talkin-to-ya-nat-shapiro-nat-hentoff-hentoff","provider":"Lushena","version":"1.0","type":"link"}