Giants of Jazz by Studs Terkel

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I bought this book under the impression Studs Terkel had interviewed these legends. It's a series of biographical profiles. I saved the best for last: Billie Holiday. She and Bessie Smith were the only women featured in this book. I guess Dinah Washington was considered a blues singer in her time because there's no mention of her. Bessie Smith was labeled a blues singer, too. Hmmm, why no Dinah, we may never know.




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