[TPIN] Jazz Trumpeter Bio Recommendations

James Calore jc1 at startechjournal.com
Wed Aug 1 07:12:36 CDT 2007


I started reading bios of jazz trumpeters last winter and, man, I'm 
totally hooked! But, it's starting to be slim pickings. I'm sure 
they're a few I've missed.  Recommendations (desperately) appreciated 
(before I start jonesin...)

These I have:

Lee Morgan - "Lee Morgan - His Life, Music and Culture"
Miles - "Miles - The Autobiography"
Chet Baker - "Deep in a Dream" and "As Though I Had Wings"
Wynton - "In the Bittersweet Blues of Life" and "Sweet Swing Blues on 
the Road"
Dizzy - " The Life and Times of John Birks Gillespie"
Hugh Masekela - "Still Grazing"
Clifford Brown - "The Life and Art of the Legendary Jazz Trumpeter"
Roy Eldridge - "The Little Jazz Giant"
Bunny Berigan - "Elusive Legend of Jazz"
Max Kaminsky - "Jazz Band - My Life in Jazz"
Terence Blanchard - "Contemporary Cat"
Harry James - "Trumpet Blues - The Life of Harry James"
Bix Biederbecke - "Bix - the Definitive Biography of a Jazz Legend"

Currently reading:
Leon Merian - "The Man Behind the Horn"

Thanks!

James





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