Clark Terry
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Depicts the remarkable story of 93-year-old jazz legend Clark Terry. A living monument to the Golden Era of Jazz, having played in both the Duke Ellington and Count Basie bands. He broke racial barriers on American television and mentored the likes of Miles Davis and Quincy Jones, but his most unlikely friendship is with Justin Kauflin, a 23-year old blind piano prodigy. Justin, fighting a debilitating case of stage fright, is invited to compete in...
Publisher
Chronicle Books in association with Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
"Collects more than one hundred works of art influenced by the liberating forces of jazz. More than sixty-five selections from celebrated writers bring the sounds of jazz to the mind's eye including pieces by Toni Morrison, Julio Cortazar, Jack Kerouac, Rita Dove, Michael Ondaatje, Langston Hughes, and many others."--Jacket.
