The Jazz Years: Earwitness to an Era

by Leonard G. Feather and Leonard Feather

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306802961
• ISBN13: 9780306802966
• Release Date: August 1987
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"