Mais qui a tordu la trompette de Dizzy ?

Which jazz standard has 10,000 versions? Why did Ella Fitzgerald call one of her famous improvisations Cricket Song? How did Armstrong use Nixon to smuggle marijuana through customs? Why was Dizzy Gillespie's trumpet angled? What was the first jazz record? Why did Dinah Washington uppercut one of her musicians? Which son of a dictator made a career as a pianist? Where does the word "jazz" come from? What is a "canary"? Eccentricities, strokes of genius, twists, smashing successes, broken trajectories, gags, jibes: Bruno Costemalle explores the little legends of jazz giants. A chance to discover mythical figures such as Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, Duke Ellington, Sidney Bechet, Chet Baker, Keith Jarrett and Billie Holiday in a more human light...

Second-hand book in very good condition.

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