Last Balladeer

The Johnny Hartman Story

von Gregg Akkerman

392 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Reihe: Studies in Jazz
• Themen: Biographie, Literatur und Literaturwissenschaft Biografien und Sachliteratur Allgemein Kunst und Unterhaltung
• ISBN: 9780810882812
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 14.06.2012
• Größe: 235 x 157 mm
• Verlag: Scarecrow Press