Blue Flame: Woody Herman's Life in Music Tapa blanda - 1995

1995 1st paper edition and printing with full number line. A vauge hint of curling but essentially in fine condition .

West Lafayette IN: Perdue University Press, 1995. Paperback. Near Fine. 6 x 9 "; 288 pages.

Purdue University Press 1995. 1995. Softcover. 8vo softcover 288pp index, b/w illus. very good. In Blue Flame, noted regional biographer Robert C. Kriebel devotes his admiring attention to documenting Herman's life and music. No aspect of Herman's career escapes his gaze: the musicians-both famous and obscure who played in his bands, the music they played, the writers and arrangers of that music, the famous recordings, and the ups and downs of band life from the big-band heyday of the 1930s through half a century of changing tastes and changing times. The result of Kriebel's painstaking research is an accurate and detailed picture of the strenuous and frustrating life of' a big-band leader-a life that Herman himself characterized as "a big pain ... you're victimized before you even start, and it never lets up. There is no life, there is no home." Passion for the music, music-making, musicians, and fans kept Herman going. Kriebel captures these trials and passions for the… Leer más

Purdue University Press, 1995-11-01. Paperback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Purdue University Press, 1995-11-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Purdue University Press, 1995-11-01. Paperback. Like New.