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Leonard Feather

    13 settembre 1914 – 22 settembre 1994

    Leonard Feather è stato una figura significativa nel mondo del jazz, noto per la sua poliedrica carriera di musicista, compositore, produttore, giornalista e critico radiofonico. Ha iniziato la sua carriera nel Regno Unito negli anni '30, contribuendo alla radio e scrivendo una rubrica regolare per 'Radio Times'. Dopo essersi trasferito negli Stati Uniti e aver svolto diverse attività, tra cui quella di co-editore per la rivista 'Metronome', è diventato critico jazz principale per i Los Angeles Times. La sua eredità duratura risiede nei suoi ampi contributi alla documentazione e alla definizione del panorama jazzistico attraverso la sua scrittura e produzione.

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    • The Jazz Years

      Earwitness To An Era

      • 320pagine
      • 12 ore di lettura

      Leonard Feather's autobiography is also the story of jazz over the last half-century. Since arriving in New York from London in 1935, he has managed to distinguish himself as a producer, composer, pianist, and one of the music's most acute critics. He was one of the first to champion the innovations of bebop in the pages of Esquire and Downbeat, also an ardent campaigner against racial barriers, and a friend to dozens of musicians. There are stories here about Feather's relationship with Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, Dizzy Gillespie, George Shearing, Joe Williams, Toshiko Akiyoshi, and many others. Filled with information about the recording business and the tricky art of criticism, this earwitness account of a lifetime in jazz caps a career that has been dedicated to the best that American culture has to offer.

      The Jazz Years1986
    • "Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Norman Granz, Oscar Peterson, Ray Charles, Don Ellis, and Miles Davis--these are the dozen j"

      From Satchmo to Miles1973
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