Rifftide: The Life and Opinions of Papa Jo Jones Contributor(s): Jones, Papa Jo (Author), Murray, Albert (With), Devlin, Paul (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0816673012 ISBN-13: 9780816673018 Publisher: University of Minnesota Press OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Music - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - General - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 2011008394 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.3" W x 8.4" (0.75 lbs) 200 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Sex & Gender - Masculine - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Finalist for Best Jazz Book of the Year Award from the Jazz Journalists Association Rifftide presents Jones's inimitable life and opinions, as originally told by Jones to the prominent jazz historian and novelist Albert Murray and now transcribed, arranged, and introduced by Paul Devlin. Drawn from fourteen tapes recorded over eight years beginning in 1977, Rifftide is an impressionistic series of riffs and tales by Jones: his life as a musician on the road in segregated America, his outstanding solo career following his years with the Basie band, and his interactions with iconic artists and cultural figures of the time, including Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, Langston Hughes, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, and Satchell Paige. A true American original and jazz luminary, Papa Jo Jones bedazzled and intrigued many with his outrageous, volatile personality and his innovative drumming--and nowhere does his fierce intellect and humor shine more marvelously than in his life's telling. With a fascinating introduction and annotations by Paul Devlin and an afterword by Phil Schaap, jazz historian and longtime friend of Jones, Rifftide reveals a man at the forefront of both a whole new form of music and a country in the midst of incredible turmoil and opportunity. As Jones himself puts it: Listen man, I've had a hell of a time . . . |