Research Catalog

Title

Rifftide : the life and opinions of Papa Jo Jones / Papa Jo Jones as told to Albert Murray ; edited by Paul Devlin ; afterword by Phil Schaap.

Author

Jones, Jo, 1911-1985

Publication

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2011.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Murray, Albert
• Devlin, Paul, 1980-

Description

xxiv, 172 p., [12] p. of plates : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

This autobiography of the legendary jazz drummer "Papa" Jo Jones explores the life of one of the most influential rhythm musicians of the swing era, discussing Jones' long tenure with Count Basie's band and his enduring influence on the genre. The work is derived from a collection interview recordings made by jazz writer Albert Murray during the nineteen seventies and eighties and provides a deeply personal narrative of the life and times of a jazz musician in the twentieth century.

Uniform Title

Project Muse UPCC books

Subject

• Jones, Jo, 1911-1985
• Jazz musicians > United States > Biography

Genre/Form

Biographies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The musical life of Papa Jo Jones / Paul Devlin -- I have had a varied life -- Can't nobody tell me one inch about show business -- The Count Basie institution -- They said the Negro would never be free -- My thirst after knowledge will never cease -- People I've rubbed elbows with -- I often wondered why I was such a strange fella -- The persistence of Papa Jo Jones / Phil Schaap.

ISBN

• 9780816673001 (hc : alk. paper)
• 0816673004 (hc : alk. paper)
• 9780816673018 (pb : alk. paper)
• 0816673012 (pb : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2011008394

OCLC

• 705351929
• SCSB-10441713

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library