Ebook {Epub PDF} From Birdland to Broadway: Scenes from a Jazz Life by Bill Crow

From Birdland to Broadway: Scenes from a Jazz Life by Bill Crow Bassist Bill Crow moved from Washington State to New York City in at the age of From Birdland to Broadway: scenes from a jazz life User Review - Not Available - Book Verdict. Crow, a jazz bassist and award-winning author (Jazz Anecdotes, LJ 3/15/90), offers his recollections. And the jazz-struck young Crow would park in the bleachers till 4 am, blissfully enveloped by the heady music of Bird, Bud Powell, Max Roach, and a host of other jazz giants. From Birdland to Broadway is an enthralling insider's account of four decades of a life in jazz/5(30).

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From Birdland to Broadway Scenes from a Jazz Life Bill Crow. Bill Crow, journeyman bass player, superb storyteller, and author of the successful Jazz Anecdotes, here narrates many moving and delightful tales of the pioneers of modern jazz whom he played with and was befriended by. This is an enthralling account of four decades of a life in jazz, from Crow's first days in New York City as a wet-behind-the-ears twenty-two year old from Washington State to his days as a professional jazz. Anecdotal and breezy recollections by jazz journeyman bassist, Bill Crow. Besides a few mundane, antiquated puns, this is essential reading for the golden era of jazz in New York City. From Bird at a city pool, to lagging on the road with a miserly and embittered Benny Goodman, these tales tend to show the bright moments and not the hard, tragic ones. From Birdland to Broadway: scenes from a jazz life User Review - Not Available - Book Verdict. Crow, a jazz bassist and award-winning author (Jazz Anecdotes, LJ 3/15/90), offers his recollections.