[TPIN] Jazz Trumpeter Bio Recommendations

[Mark Minasian]

Here are two I recommend:

"Louis Armstrong An Extravagant Life"  by Laurence Bergreen
"M. F. Horn  Maynard Ferguson's Life in Music" by Dr. William F. Lee III
"Q" The Autobiography of Quincy Jones

Mark Minasian




On Aug 1, 2007, at 2:12 AM, James Calore wrote:

> 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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