Jazz Band: My Life in Jazz (A Da Capo paperback) by V. E. Hughes; Max Kaminsky - 1981-03

New York: Da Capo Press, Inc. - A Subsidiary of Plenum Publishing Coreporation, 1981. Reprint Edition . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2. 242 Pages Indexed. This De Capo Press paperback edition of Jazz and My Life In Jazz is an unabridged republication of the first edition published in New York in 1965. Although born and raised in Massachusetts, trumpeter Max Kaminsky made his big splash in Chicago in the late 20s, and later New York, with such luminaries as Eddie Condon, Gene Krupa, Bud Freeman, and Jimmy McPartland. In this book Kaminsky provides priceless recollections of these and other colleagues like Bix Beiderbecke ("I love the way he plays, but I can't stand the way he lives."); Pee Wee Russell (."..a shy, mournful-looking man, suffering the tortures of the extremely sensitive..."); Tommy Dorsey ("Working with (him) was like cooking on a hot stove that might explode at any moment..."); Billie Holiday (."..her haughtiness hid a shyness so vast that she spoke in practically a… Read More

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.