| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 264 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes discography, bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Childhood -- Dreaming my dreams : teenage years -- Lady music and the messengers : early adult years -- The quintet -- Westward bound : middle years -- Off the merry-go-round : later years. |
| Summary |
Horace Silver is one of the giants from the incredible flowering and creative extension of bebop music that became known as "hard bop" in the 1950s. This autobiography of the great composer, pianist, and bandleader takes us from his childhood in Norwalk, Connecticut, through his rise to fame as a musician in New York. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Silver, Horace, 1928-2014.
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Silver, Horace, 1928-2014. |
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Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography.
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Jazz musicians. |
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United States. |
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Pianists -- United States -- Biography.
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Pianists. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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| Added Author |
Pastras, Philip.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Silver, Horace, 1928- Let's get to the nitty gritty. Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©2006 0520243749 (DLC) 2005021232 (OCoLC)61162235 |
| ISBN |
9780520941427 (electronic book) |
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052094142X (electronic book) |
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1423752651 (electronic book) |
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9781423752653 (electronic book) |
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1598759299 |
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9781598759297 |
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9780520243743 |
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0520243749 |
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1282360442 |
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9781282360440 |
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