Crazy Fingers: Claude Hopkins' Life in Jazz by VACHE WARREN W - 1992-05-17

Smithsonian Books. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Smithsonian Books, 1992. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Smithsonian. Used - Very Good. 1992. Paperback. Very Good.

Smithsonian, 1992. First Edition, first printing . Paperback. Very Good. 6x0x9. Text and images unmarked. Light foxing on the edges of the text block. The wrapper shows some very light handling. 8vo. 134pp.

Smithsonian, May 1992. Paperback. USED Good.

Washington D. C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1992. Paperback. As New. Drawing on Hopkins' own journal and interviews with musicians who knew him; a successful bandleader from the 1920s to the 1970s when the paino album "Crazy Fingers" reestablished him as a fine keyboard talent. 134 pages.; 6 x 9 ''.

Smithsonian, May 1992. Trade Paperback. New.

Smithsonian 1992. 1992. Softcover. 8vo softcover 134pp index, b/w illus. very good. Vache provides a musical biography of African American pianist and bandleader Hopkins (1903-84). Basing his account on Hopkins's unpublished diary and recollections of the pianist's contemporaries, the author recounts the bandleader's education at Howard University and his breakthrough as musical director of Josephine Baker's first European tour. He describes Hopkins's heyday in such New York clubs as the Savoy (1930-31), the Roseland (1932-34), and the Cotton Club (1935); more difficult times during the 1950s and 1960s; and his resurgence during the 1970s. Though seldom placing Hopkins within a historical context, Vache offers a well-written, concise, fast-paced survey of his musical career and includes a useful discography. The book will appeal to big band jazz fans.n- David Szatmary, Univ. of Washington, SeattlenCopyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. .

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1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Inscribed by Author(s). VG, softcover, inscribed by author to eminent jazz musicologist Frank Driggs on fep, 130pps + index, photos.