Swinger!: A Jazz Girl's Adventures from Hollywood to Harlem

by Judy Carmichael

Book Overview

Judy Carmichael first made her name in the 1980s as a svelte, blonde bombshell who played stride piano-a virtuoso jazz style made famous in the '20s and '30s by Count Basie and Fats Waller. Jazz critic Gary Giddons commented, "How ironic that the last man standing is a woman, as this kind of playing was long considered the private, competitive domain of people who smoked cigars and wore derbies."Swinger A Jazz Girl's Adventures from Hollywood to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1979764417
• ISBN13: 9781979764414
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"