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The Autobiography of Pops Foster: New Orleans Jazz Man
Contributor(s): Stoddard, Tom (Author)

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 ISBN: 0879308311     ISBN-13: 9780879308315
Publisher: Backbeat Books
OUR PRICE: $15.19  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: January 2005
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Annotation: One of the first important bassists of jazz, George Murphy "Pops" Foster was playing in bands around New Orleans as early as 1906. This autobiography, first published in 1971 and now lovingly reissued, is a valuable, entertaining, and sometimes risqu firsthand account of early New Orleans jazz by one of the pioneers of the string bass.
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BISAC Categories:
- Music | Genres & Styles - Jazz
- Biography & Autobiography | Music
- Music | Reference
Dewey: B
LCCN: 2004029269
Physical Information: 0.67" H x 6.02" W x 9.26" L (0.88 lbs) 242 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product
 
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The first famous double-bass stylist in jazz, George Murphy "Pops" Foster enjoyed a career that spanned gigs with greats from Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington to Charlie Parker and John Coltrane. This autobiography, first published in 1971 and now reissued with a generous collection of rare photographs, was created from 70 hours of interviews with this beloved and influential musician. Foster recounts his seven-decade career with uncanny attention to detail and charming candor, providing an uncensored look at the society in which jazz developed and breathing life into legends such as Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver, and Sidney Bechet. As he takes us on his journey from plantation to riverboat, New Orleans to New York City, Foster paints an indelible panorama of the jazzman's life while setting the record straight on many crucial points of jazz history.
 
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