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- catalog abstract ""In this book, an eminent jazz chronicler writes of his encounters with four great black musicians: Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Milt Hinton, and Nat "King" Cole. Equal parts memoir, oral history, and commentary, each of the main chapters is a minibiography, weaving together conversations Gene Lees had with the musicians and their families, friends, and associates over a period of several decades." "Lees begins the book with an essay that tells of his introduction to the world of jazz and his reaction to racism in the United States when he emigrated from Canada in 1955. The underlying theme in his book is the impact racism had on the four musicians' lives and careers and their determination to overcome it. As Lees writes, "No white person can even begin to understand the black experience in the United States ... All [of the four jazz makers] are men who had every reason to embrace bitterness - and didn't.""--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12322635.
- catalog coverage "United States Race relations History.".
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""In this book, an eminent jazz chronicler writes of his encounters with four great black musicians: Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Milt Hinton, and Nat "King" Cole. Equal parts memoir, oral history, and commentary, each of the main chapters is a minibiography, weaving together conversations Gene Lees had with the musicians and their families, friends, and associates over a period of several decades."".
- catalog description ""Lees begins the book with an essay that tells of his introduction to the world of jazz and his reaction to racism in the United States when he emigrated from Canada in 1955. The underlying theme in his book is the impact racism had on the four musicians' lives and careers and their determination to overcome it. As Lees writes, "No white person can even begin to understand the black experience in the United States ... All [of the four jazz makers] are men who had every reason to embrace bitterness - and didn't.""--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Sudden immersion -- Birks and his works -- You gotta sing -- We are like Atlas -- King Cole.".
- catalog extent "xvii, 269 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0300089651 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Haven : Yale University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States Race relations History.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "781.65/092/273 B 21".
- catalog subject "Cole, Nat King, 1919-1965.".
- catalog subject "Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993.".
- catalog subject "Hinton, Milt.".
- catalog subject "Jazz musicians United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "ML394 .L393 2001".
- catalog subject "Terry, Clark.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Sudden immersion -- Birks and his works -- You gotta sing -- We are like Atlas -- King Cole.".
- catalog title "You can't steal a gift : Dizzy, Clark, Milt, and Nat / Gene Lees ; foreword by Nat Hentoff.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".