Last Balladeer: The Johnny Hartman Story

By Gregg Akkerman

Book Overview

In The Last Balladeer, author Gregg Akkerman skillfully reveals the life-long achievements and occasional missteps of Johnny Hartman as an African-American artist dedicated to his craft. In the first full-length biography and discography to chronicle the rhapsodic life and music of Johnny Hartman, the author completes a previously missing dimension of vocal-jazz history by documenting Hartman as the balladeer who crooned his way into so many hearts. Backed by impeccable research but conveyed in a conversational style, this book will interest not only musicians and scholars but any fan of the Great American Songbook and the singers who brought it to life.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810888726
• ISBN13: 9780810888722
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 8.9"