Research Catalog

Title

Good vibes : a life in jazz / Terry Gibbs with Cary Ginell.

Author

Gibbs, Terry, 1924-

Publication

Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2003.

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Details

Additional Authors

Ginell, Cary.

Description

xvi, 334 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits; 23 cm.

Summary

• "Good Vibes: A Life in Jazz is a rollicking autobiography that tracks jazz from the turbulent postwar years through the rise of bebop, traversing its changes through the eyes of one of its greatest practitioners. Gibbs's hilarious, poignant, and always fascinating anecdotes reveal little-known attributes and quirks about legendary personalities, including Benny Goodman, Buddy Rich, Steve Allen, Frank Sinatra, Don Rickles, Billie Holiday, and many more.
• A foreword by Chubby Jackson, a discography, and an index round out this captivating volume."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Studies in jazz ; no. 44

Uniform Title

Studies in jazz ; no. 44.

Subjects

• Gibbs, Terry, 1924-
• Jazz musicians > United States > Biography

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes discography (p. [301]-318).

Contents

A real go-getter -- Dizzy, Bird, and a bebop breakdown -- Fifty-Second Street -- My three minutes with Tommy Dorsey -- Shooby Yockson in Sweden -- Buddy Rich : Mr. Nice Guy -- Woody Herman and the Four Brothers Band -- Bellson, Shavers, and Dorsey (again?) -- Benny Goodman : El Foggo -- Finally, a full-time bandleader -- El Foggo rides again -- Terry G and Terry P -- California, here I come! -- The dream band -- The Coltrane connection -- What's a Regis Philbin? -- Operation : entertainment -- Hi-ho, Steverino! -- Phil Spector : Mr. Overtime -- Three women, four marriages -- My friend, Buddy D. -- Goodbye for now.

ISBN

0810845865 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

2002151153

OCLC

• 50731024
• ocm50731024
• SCSB-4343496

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries