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Blue Flame : Woody Herman's Life in Music by Robert C. Kriebel (1996, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPurdue University Press

ISBN-101557530734

ISBN-139781557530738

eBay Product ID (ePID)754659

Product Key Features

Number of Pages288 Pages

Publication NameBlue Flame : Woody Herman's Life in Music

LanguageEnglish

SubjectComposers & Musicians

Publication Year1996

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaBiography & Autobiography

AuthorRobert C. Kriebel

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight17.1 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN95-006045

Dewey Edition20

ReviewsA remarkable book. Blue Flame is an engrossing journeythrough the corridors of the Woody Herman era. Mr. Kriebel writes brilliantly., There is a great deal ofinformation that has not appeared before under a single cover. There are newand different viewpoints and attitudes that will surely stimulate and encouragenew scholarship., Robert Kiebel gives the readeran excellent picture of the unique insight of Woody Herman and his musicians asthey worked together for over fifty years and incorporated the changing stylesof pop and jazz music into Woody's jazz band., Robert Kiebel gives the reader an excellent picture of the unique insight of Woody Herman and his musicians as they worked together for over fifty years and incorporated the changing styles of pop and jazz music into Woody's jazz band.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal781.65/092 B

Synopsis"All we do is try to create some kind of mood, and hopesomebody digs it" was how the likeable and talented jazzman Woody Herman(1913-87) explained his success. For an incredible fifty years and four months,Herman led a variety of always changing, always young and exciting bands. Andhe did so with style. In Blue Flame ,noted regional biographer Robert C. Kriebel devotes his admiring attention todocumenting Herman's life and music. No aspect of Herman's career escapes hisgaze: the musicians - both famous and obscure who played in his bands, the musicthey played, the writers and arrangers of that music, the famous recordings,and the ups and downs of band life from the big-band heyday of the 1930sthrough half a century of changing tastes and changing times. The result ofKriebel's painstaking research is an accurate and detailed picture of thestrenuous and frustrating life of a big-band leader - a life that Herman himselfcharacterized as "a big pain . . . you're victimized before you even start,and it never lets up. There is no life, there is no home." Passion for themusic, music-making, musicians, and fans kept Herman going. Kriebel capturesthese trials and passions for the reader in lively prose that includes achronological listing of recordings, an informal journal of the travels andperformances of Herman's various bands, a roster of musicians, and valuable oldand recent photographs., "All we do is try to create some kind of mood, and hope somebody digs it" was how the likeable and talented jazzman Woody Herman (1913-87) explained his success. For an incredible fifty years and four months, Herman led a variety of always changing, always young and exciting bands. And he did so with style. In Blue Flame , noted regional biographer Robert C. Kriebel devotes his admiring attention to documenting Herman's life and music. No aspect of Herman's career escapes his gaze: the musicians - both famous and obscure who played in his bands, the music they played, the writers and arrangers of that music, the famous recordings, and the ups and downs of band life from the big-band heyday of the 1930s through half a century of changing tastes and changing times. The result of Kriebel's painstaking research is an accurate and detailed picture of the strenuous and frustrating life of a big-band leader - a life that Herman himself characterized as "a big pain . . . you're victimized before you even start, and it never lets up. There is no life, there is no home." Passion for the music, music-making, musicians, and fans kept Herman going. Kriebel captures these trials and passions for the reader in lively prose that includes a chronological listing of recordings, an informal journal of the travels and performances of Herman's various bands, a roster of musicians, and valuable old and recent photographs.

LC Classification NumberML419.H45K75 1995