Maverick Maestro

by Maurice Peress

Book Overview

Maurice Peress leads an unusual American musical life. Born to a Baghdadian father and Polish mother, his first music was Arabic and Yiddish songs. He grew up in New York's Washington Heights, became a busy dance band and symphonic trumpeter, and was drafted towards the end of the Korean conflict, landing him in a newly-integrated Negro Regimental Band. In his memoir, Maverick Maestro, Peress shares what he learned as an assistant to Leonard...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1612058744
• ISBN13: 9781612058740
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.7"