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Trumpet Blues: The Life of Harry James, Jazz, History & Criticism, Peter J. Levi
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- Book Title
- Trumpet Blues : the Life of Harry James
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Publication Year
- 2001
- Format
- Uk-Trade Paper
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Music
- Topic
- History & Criticism, Composers & Musicians, Genres & Styles / Jazz
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 19.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 368 Pages
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Swing is back in style, and with it a renewed interest in the Big Band Era. And few players dominated that era more than Harry James, whose soaring trumpet solos and romantic hit tunes influenced popular music for a generation. Now, Peter J. Levinson, who knew Harry James personally, has written a revealing biography of this jazz icon, based on nearly 200 interviews with musicians and friends. Harry James led a truly colorful life, and in Trumpet Blues Levinson captures it all. Beginning with James's childhood in a traveling circus, we follow the young trumpeter's meteoric rise in the 1930s and witness his electrifying performances with the Benny Goodman Orchestra. We see how James formed his own band in 1939, an incubator for many pop music stars of the 1940s and '50s, including Frank Sinatra, Connie Haines, Dick Haymes, Helen Forrest, and Kitty Kallen. Combined with James's superb musicianship, peerless trumpet technique and talented sidemen, this stellar group dominated the war years and the immediate post-war period. And James himself, especially after his marriage to film goddess Betty Grable, became one of America's most famous personalities and lived like true Hollywood royalty. Levinson describes their twenty-two-year marriage with insight and sympathy. But he shows how James's marriage--and his triumphant late-1950s comeback in Nevada's casinos--were slowly undermined by his penchant for compulsive gambling, womanizing, and alcoholism. He gives us the inside story of James's sybaritic life style, and probes the profound psychological reasons for James's destructive behavior. The first biography ever written on Harry James, Trumpet Blues is a scintillating portrait of Swing's brightest star--his life, his loves, and the music that defined an era.
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Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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019514239x
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9780195142396
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Book Title
Trumpet Blues : the Life of Harry James
Format
Uk-Trade Paper
Language
English
Topic
History & Criticism, Composers & Musicians, Genres & Styles / Jazz
Publication Year
2001
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Music
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
19.2 Oz
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"James, for decades swing's brightest star and leading bandmaster, was abrilliant man whose chaotic personal life--including his alcoholism, gambling,womanizing and marriage to screen goddess Betty Grable--rivals that of any oftoday's pop stars."--Leila Cobo, Miami Herald, "Trumpet Blues is an appropriate title for this book because it aptly describes Harry James' music and his troubled, tumultuous life....For all of its dark, personal detail, this is a lively read....It is a credit to Levinson's truthfulness and energy that he provides us with such a variety of assessments of Harry James from so many people who knew him."--The Mississippi Rag "While scattered stories have been written of James' personal life and professional life, it has taken Peter J. Levinson, a retired, respected entertainment-industry publicist, to write...the first and only account of the musician's life from start to finish.... Levinson has stitched together a fascinating profile of the tormented trumpeter."--North County Times "The book makes for fast and extremely interesting reading and appropriately concludes with a portion of the eulogy delivered at James' funeral by his erstwhile vocalist and dear friend Frank Sinatra."--Big Bands International "Long before there was sex, drugs, and rock and roll, there was sex, alcohol and big-band swing. And as this surprisingly absorbing biography suggests, trumpet player Harry James could have been the role model for Mick Jagger." --People Weekly "The surprise page-turner of the year is Peter Levinson's life of the swing-era star Harry James."--Gary Giddins, The Washington Post Book World, "An ultimately depressing account of the life of a gifted Americanmusician who, after trading his genuine musical talent for a tawdry parade ofhollow perks, finds he has made a bad bargain. The marvel is that in spite of itall Harry James was able to live as long as he did. This tale of glitzy$ucce$$/exce$$ might well serve as a kind of contemporary AmericanTragedy."--Artie Shaw, "In his well-researched and well-written study, Levinson advances James asan underappreciated musician..."--Booklist, 'Peter Levinson writes the way Harry James played, which makes Trumpet Blues an absolutely brilliant book, about an absolutely brilliant horn player.'Robert B. Parker, author of the popular Spense mystery series, "Trumpet Bluesis an appropriate title for this book because it aptly describes Harry James' music and his troubled, tumultuous life....For all of its dark, personal detail, this is a lively read....It is a credit to Levinson's truthfulness and energy that he provides us with such a variety of assessments of Harry James from so many people who knew him."--The Mississippi Rag "While scattered stories have been written of James' personal life and professional life, it has taken Peter J. Levinson, a retired, respected entertainment-industry publicist, to write...the first and only account of the musician's life from start to finish.... Levinson has stitched together a fascinating profile of the tormented trumpeter."--North County Times "The book makes for fast and extremely interesting reading and appropriately concludes with a portion of the eulogy delivered at James' funeral by his erstwhile vocalist and dear friend Frank Sinatra."--Big Bands International "Long before there was sex, drugs, and rock and roll, there was sex, alcohol and big-band swing. And as this surprisingly absorbing biography suggests, trumpet player Harry James could have been the role model for Mick Jagger." --People Weekly "The surprise page-turner of the year is Peter Levinson's life of the swing-era star Harry James."--Gary Giddins,The Washington Post Book World, " Trumpet Blues is an appropriate title for this book because it aptly describes Harry James' music and his troubled, tumultuous life....For all of its dark, personal detail, this is a lively read....It is a credit to Levinson's truthfulness and energy that he provides us with such a variety of assessments of Harry James from so many people who knew him."-- The Mississippi Rag "While scattered stories have been written of James' personal life and professional life, it has taken Peter J. Levinson, a retired, respected entertainment-industry publicist, to write...the first and only account of the musician's life from start to finish.... Levinson has stitched together a fascinating profile of the tormented trumpeter."-- North County Times "The book makes for fast and extremely interesting reading and appropriately concludes with a portion of the eulogy delivered at James' funeral by his erstwhile vocalist and dear friend Frank Sinatra."-- Big Bands International "Long before there was sex, drugs, and rock and roll, there was sex, alcohol and big-band swing. And as this surprisingly absorbing biography suggests, trumpet player Harry James could have been the role model for Mick Jagger." -- People Weekly "The surprise page-turner of the year is Peter Levinson's life of the swing-era star Harry James."--Gary Giddins, The Washington Post Book World, "Peter Levinson has written the definitive biography of this high-livingand high-loving musician whose marriage to Betty Grable inspired Bob Hope to dubthem 'the Legs and the Lip'"--Playboy, "This robust biography offers a heady plunge into the swing era and avivid portrait of a daring and inventive artist."--Library Journal, 'Review from previous edition excellent biography ... Music biographies really don't come any better than this superb book.'Andrew Vine, Yorkshire Post, 'Peter Levinson must have been a fly on the wall during the era of big bands. His encyclopedic and engaging 'take' on Harry James, his fabled horn, and the woman he won with it - Betty Grable - comes to stunning life in this evocative tale of a time when big band music meant melody,virtuosity, and, yes, romance. those were the good old days.'Mike Wallace, CBS News, "Relentlessly candid.... A book that will be of interest primarily tobig-band aficionados."--George Robinson, ew York Times Book Review, "The surprise page-turner of the year is Peter Levinson's life of theswing-era star Harry James."--Gary Giddins, The Washington Post BookWorld, "Levinson writes the way Harry James played, which makes Trumpet Blues an absolutely brilliant book, about an absolutely brilliant horn player."--Robert B. Parker, author of the popular Spenser mystery series, "Trumpet Blues is an appropriate title for this book because it aptly describes Harry James' music and his troubled, tumultuous life....For all of its dark, personal detail, this is a lively read....It is a credit to Levinson's truthfulness and energy that he provides us with such a variety of assessments of Harry James from so many people who knew him."--The Mississippi Rag"While scattered stories have been written of James' personal life and professional life, it has taken Peter J. Levinson, a retired, respected entertainment-industry publicist, to write...the first and only account of the musician's life from start to finish.... Levinson has stitched together a fascinating profile of the tormented trumpeter."--North County Times"The book makes for fast and extremely interesting reading and appropriately concludes with a portion of the eulogy delivered at James' funeral by his erstwhile vocalist and dear friend Frank Sinatra."--Big Bands International"Long before there was sex, drugs, and rock and roll, there was sex, alcohol and big-band swing. And as this surprisingly absorbing biography suggests, trumpet player Harry James could have been the role model for Mick Jagger." --People Weekly"The surprise page-turner of the year is Peter Levinson's life of the swing-era star Harry James."--Gary Giddins, The Washington Post Book World, "Impressive...a fascinating read not only for fans of jazz, but forstudents of 20th-century history, Hollywood, and the music business.... Levinsonhooks the reader immediately."--Kirkus Reviews, "Encyclopedic and engaging...Harry James, his fabled horn, and the womanhe won with it--Betty Grable--come to stunning life in this evocative tale of atime when big band music meant melody, virtuosity, and, yes, romance. Those werethe good old days."--Mike Wallace, CBS News/Sixty Minutes
Table of Content
PrefaceAcknowledgmentsEverette and MaybelleLouise and BenThe Kingdom of SwingCiribiribinYou Made Me Love YouTrees, The Legs, and The LipHollywood RoyaltyThe In-Between YearsBack to BasieI Don't Want to Walk Without YouNotesBibliographyIndex
Copyright Date
2001
Dewey Decimal
781.64/092 B
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
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