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Groovin' High: The Life of Dizzy Gillespie
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Groovin' High: The Life of Dizzy Gillespie Hardcover - 1999

by Alyn Shipton

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Oxford University Press, USA, June 1999. First Edition. Hardcover . Good/Good. In the first full biography of Dizzy Gillespie since his death, Shipton reveals one of the most significant innovators in jazz history, tracing his worldwide fame and adoration, the many recordings which defined his career, his relationships with other jazz musicians, and his dark side. 26 photos. First edition, full number line; dust jacket shows edgewear and some corner rubbing/bumping, including a small 1/4-inch tear on bottom back cover at corner; cloth over board cover shows shelfwear and top and bottom, mild rubbing/bumping at corners and spine
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  • Title Groovin' High: The Life of Dizzy Gillespie
  • Author Alyn Shipton
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 432
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, New York
  • Date June 1999
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 319440
  • ISBN 9780195091328 / 0195091329
  • Weight 1.61 lbs (0.73 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 5.9 x 1.4 in (23.11 x 14.99 x 3.56 cm)
  • Reading level 1600
  • Library of Congress subjects Jazz musicians - United States, Gillespie, Dizzy
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 98-27684
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Alyn Shipton presents jazz programs for the BBC and is a jazz critic for The Times in London. For many years he was a music publisher, seeing into print the autobiographies of numerous jazz musicians including Barney Bigard, Buck Clayton, Andy Kirk and Rex Stewart. He has written biographies of Fats Waller and Bud Powell, and has edited the memoirs of Danny Barker and Doc Cheatham.