(In case you’re wondering, my other nominees are Warren “Baby” Dodds, Vic Berton, Buddy Rich, Max Roach, Joe Morello and Elvin Jones. Now she gives us the first-ever biography of a man who, in my humble opinion, was one of the seven greatest jazz drum virtuosi of all time, William Henry “Chick” Webb (1905-1939). Stephanie Stein Crease, a jazz historian, author and editor who was formerly the Senior Jazz Coordinator for the Jazz Arts Program at the Manhattan School of Music, has previously written books on Gil Evans (2002) and Duke Ellington (2009). RHYTHM MAN: CHICK WEBB AND THE BEAT THAT CHANGED AMERICA / By Stephanie Stein Crease / Oxford University Press, 2023, 346 pp. Jonas Frølund’s Exce… on Jonas Frølund’s Excellent Adve… The Art Music Lounge on New Recording of Schumann’s “M… Mary Lou, Mary Lou,… on Mary Lou, Mary Lou, Umlaut Big… Terfel’s Interesting but Flawed “Boris”.Mary Lou, Mary Lou, Umlaut Big Band Loves You!.Chema Peñalver’s Tribute to Benny Goodman.
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