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The Last Balladeer - The Johnny Hartman Story (Paperback)
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The Last Balladeer - The Johnny Hartman Story (Paperback)
Series: Studies in Jazz
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Just after recording with John Coltrane in 1963, baritone singer
Johnny Hartman (1923-1983) told a family member that "something
special" occurred in the studio that day. He was right - the album,
containing definitive readings of "Lush Life" and "My One and Only
Love," resides firmly in the realm of iconic; forever enveloping
listeners in the sounds of romance. In The Last Balladeer, author
Gregg Akkerman skillfully reveals not only the intimate details of
that album but the life-long achievements and occasional missteps
of Hartman as an African-American artist dedicated to his craft.
This book carefully follows the journey of the Grammy-nominated
vocalist from his big band origins with Earl Hines and Dizzy
Gillespie to featured soloist in prestigious supper clubs
throughout the world. Through exclusive interviews with Hartman's
family and fellow musicians (including Tony Bennett, Billy Taylor,
Kurt Elling, Jon Hendricks, and others), accounts from friends and
associates, newly discovered recordings and studio outtakes, and
in-depth research on his career and personal life, Akkerman
expertly recollects the Hartman character as a gentleman, romantic,
family man, and constant contributor to the jazz scene. From his
international concerts in Japan, Australia, and England to his
steady presence as an American nightclub singer that spanned five
decades, Hartman personifies the "last balladeer" of his kind,
singing with a sentiment that captured the attention of Clint
Eastwood, who brought Hartman's songs to the masses in the film The
Bridges of Madison County. In the first full-length biography and
discography to chronicle the rhapsodic life and music of Johnny
Hartman, the author completes a previously missing dimension of
vocal-jazz history by documenting Hartman as the balladeer who
crooned his way into so many hearts. Backed by impeccable research
but conveyed in a conversational style, this book will interest not
only musicians and scholars but any fan of the Great American
Songbook and the singers who brought it to life.
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