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Tram : the Frank Trumbauer story

Title
Tram : the Frank Trumbauer story / by Philip R. Evans and Larry F. Kiner with William Trumbauer.
Author
Evans, Philip R., 1935-1999.
Publication
[Newark] : Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers--the State University of New Jersey ; Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1994.

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Additional Authors
  • Kiner, Larry F.
  • Trumbauer, William, 1958-
Description
xix, 821 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 23 cm.
Summary
During those years, all sax men copied Tram. They knew all of his choruses from his recordings and when he appeared in person, they'd flock to hear him play. --From the Foreword by "Rosy" McHargue Frank was an American Music Legend. His life was brief, 1901-1956, but he left us a legacy of his phonograph records. When Jimmy Dorsey joined the Ray Miller Orchestra, he was asked to play like Tram. Lester Young carried Tram's recordings in his suitcase. "Toots" Mondello said that a sax man wasn't judged complete until he mastered Trumbauer's solo on "Singin' The Blues." Frank's daughter, Lynne, made available his private papers, diaries, letters, and interviews, resulting in a complete accounting of his life. Frank's remarks were culled from these sources and properly placed to give the readers a continual sense of Tram commenting as they turn the pages. Tram's complete story is presented: The divided love between music and aviation; his years with Paul Whiteman; his friends, Zentner, Bing, Hoagy, and Bix.
Series Statement
Studies in jazz ; no. 18
Uniform Title
Studies in jazz ; no. 18.
Subject
  • Trumbauer, Frank
  • Trumbauer, Frank > Discography
  • Trumbauer, Frank
  • Jazz musicians > United States > Biography
  • Saxophonists > United States > Biography
  • Jazz musicians
  • Saxophonists
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • Biographies.
  • Discographies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references, discography (p. 277-551) and indexes.
ISBN
  • 0810828510
  • 9780810828513
LCCN
94000706
OCLC
  • ocm29670876
  • 29670876
  • SCSB-9677529
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library