Follow Your Heart: Moving with the Giants of Jazz, Swing, and Rhythm and Blues

by Joe Evans and Christopher Brooks

Book Overview

Detailing the fascinating career of Joe Evans, Follow Your Heart chronicles the nearly thirty years that he spent immersed in one of the most exciting times in African American music history. An alto... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252033035
• ISBN13: 9780252033032
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A great walk down memory lane.

I came across this book in a music catalogue search through the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. I knew Joe because I helped distribute his Carnival Records label (The Manhattans) in the 60's. What I didn't know about was his remarkable career as a jazz musician and his interesting association with the stars of Bebop. I found his personal story to be well-told and it kept my interest from beginning to end. Since it was published just last year (2008)I realized that Joe was still alive so I searched for him and found him living in Richmond, Virginia. Joe, now 93, is as hip a dude as I could imagine. He continued to learn and do interesting things after his recording and producing days were over. Our conversations were a pleasurable walk down memory lane for both of us.