Marshal Royal: Jazz Survivor (Bayou Jazz Lives) - Softcover
Marsgal Royal was a core member of the Count Basei Orchestra for twenty years during its resurgence in the 1950s and 1960s. Before that, he was a pioneer of jazz on the West Coast, playing with many bands in and around Los Angeles. A child prodigy of both the violin and saxophone, Royal was literally born on the road as his musician parents made their way West. Royal shares his experiences with Les Hite's band at Sebastian's New Cotton Club, where 's Orchestra after a wartime career in U.S. Navy bands. After leaving Hampton, Royal made countless recordings as a freelancer before joining Basie, where he was responsible for rehearsing the Orchestra. Later, he became internationally known as a soloist while continuing his prolific recording career. His brother, Ernie, who was a star trumpeter in the bands of Woody Herman and Stan Kenton, is also profiled. Claire P. Gordon is the editor of Rex Stewart's memoir, Boy Meets Horn, and of Stewart's other collections of writings. She lives on the West Coast and has a long-term interest in the oral history of jazz.
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Claire P. Gordon is the editor of Rex Stewart's memoir, Boy Meets Horn, and of Stewart's other collections of writings. She lives on the West Coast.Claire P. Gordon is the editor of Rex Stewart's memoir, Boy Meets Horn, and of Stewart's other collections of writings. She lives on the West Coast.
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"Concentrated and never-less-than interesting."
-Raymond Horricks, Crescendo & Jazz Music
"Marshal reveals a prodigious memory for names, places, incidents, and engagaements with a fund of anecdotes which fill this book."
-Eddie Cook, Jazz Journal International
"Enjoyable reading...This is the closest you can get to history without actually living it."
-Robert Tate, Jazz Now
"Concentrated and never-less-than interesting."
-Raymond Horricks, Crescendo & Jazz Music
-Raymond Horricks, Crescendo & Jazz Music
"Marshal reveals a prodigious memory for names, places, incidents, and engagaements with a fund of anecdotes which fill this book."
-Eddie Cook, Jazz Journal International
"Enjoyable reading...This is the closest you can get to history without actually living it."
-Robert Tate, Jazz Now
"Concentrated and never-less-than interesting."
-Raymond Horricks, Crescendo & Jazz Music
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- PublisherContinuum
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0826458041
- ISBN 13 9780826458049
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages180
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