Black and Blue - Jazz Stories (Paperback)

Author and radio personality Stanley Péan is a jazz scholar who takes us seamlessly and knowledgeably through the history of the music, stopping at a number of high points along the way. He gets behind the scenes with anecdotes that tell much about the misunderstandings that have surrounded the music. How could French existentialist writer Jean-Paul Sartre have mixed up Afro-Canadian songwriter Shelton Brooks with the Jewish-American belter Sophie Tucker? What is the real story behind the searing classic “Strange Fruit� made immortal by Billie Holiday, who at first balked at performing it? Who knew that an Ohio housewife named Sadie Vimmerstedt was behind the revenge song “I wanna be around to pick up the pieces when somebody breaks your heart?� And since this is jazz, there is no shortage of sad ends: Bix Beiderbecke, Chet Baker, Lee Morgan, to name a few.

General

Imprint:	Vehicule Press
Country of origin:	Canada
Release date:	April 2023
Authors:	Stanley Péan
Translators:	David Homel
Dimensions:	190 x 127mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-1-55065-611-4
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Contemporary popular music > Jazz Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Jazz Promotions
LSN:	1-55065-611-2
Barcode:	9781550656114

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