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You Can't Steal a Gift: Dizzy, Clark, Milt, and Nat

You Can't Steal a Gift: Dizzy, Clark, Milt, and Nat

by Gene Lees (Author), Gene Lees (Author)

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    Illustrated 2001

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Synopsis

In this wise, stimulating, and deeply personal book, an eminent jazz chronicler writes of his encounters with four great black musicians: Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Milt Hinton, and Nat King Cole. Equal parts memoir, oral history, and commentary, each of the main chapters is a minibiography, weaving together conversations Gene Lees had with the musicians and their families, friends, and associates over a period of several decades.

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More Information

Format: Illustrated
 Pages: 288
 Edition: Illustrated
 Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 14 Nov 2001
ISBN 10: 0300089651
ISBN 13: 9780300089653

Media Reviews
The book is illuminating and memorable, with vivid, strongly personal profiles of Lees's four subjects. Terry Teachout, music critic for Commentary and contributor to Time Magazine A writer like Gene Lees, who has the trust of the musicians he writes about, can lead listeners to the musicians' experiences that are at the continuing core of their music... He can lead listeners to want to know more about the music because they become so intrigued by the lives of the players. Nat Hentoff, from the Foreword
Author Bio
Gene Lees is the publisher of the Jazzletter. He is also a song lyricist and the author of more than a dozen volumes of jazz history and criticism, including the highly acclaimed Cats of Any Color: Jazz Black and White.