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Music and Life of Theodore "Fats" Navarro: Infatuation

Music and Life of Theodore "Fats" Navarro: Infatuation

Petersen, Leif Bo
Rehak, Theo

Hardcover

Series: Studies in Jazz, Book 59

MusiciansGeneral MusicJazz

ISBN10: 0810867214
ISBN13: 9780810867215
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: Aug 24 2009
Pages: 396
Weight: 1.66
Height: 1.12 Width: 6.35 Depth: 9.34
Language: English

The Music and Life of Theodore Fats Navarro: Infatuation is the first comprehensive study of the jazz trumpeter Theodore Fats Navarro. It provides biographical and discographical information on this talented musician, whose premature death from tuberculosis at 26 robbed the jazz world of his brilliance. Through an analysis of his recorded legacy, this book offers new perspectives on Navarro's role in the history and emergence of Bebop.

Through years of study and collecting ephemera, some of which is reprinted here, Leif Bo Petersen and Theo Rehak depict an inclusive history of Navarro and his music. Their information is based on interviews with musicians and people in the music business, contemporary newspaper and magazine articles, and the music itself, which has not been commonly known or described until now. The book features images, musical examples, and depictions of Navarro's recordings, and it provides several appendixes, including explanations of contemporary recording techniques and discographical terms, lists of Navarro's recordings and compositions, and a chronological overview of Navarro's performances, recording sessions, and engagements. Complete with a comprehensive list of sources and a full index, this volume presents a host of new and useful information for anyone interested in jazz and its history.

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