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GROOVIN' HIGH. The Life of Dizzy Gillespie

GROOVIN' HIGH. The Life of Dizzy Gillespie Hardcover - 1999

by Shipton, Alyn

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New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo, red cloth spine over yellow boards, x+ 422 pages. Black and white illustrations. Includes notes, bibliography, index. Review copy with publicity sheet laid in. Book and dust jacket are in fine condition. 082504A
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  • Title GROOVIN' HIGH. The Life of Dizzy Gillespie
  • Author Shipton, Alyn
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition, First Printing
  • Condition Used - Fine
  • Pages 432
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, New York
  • Date 1999
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 000020888
  • 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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About the author

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.

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