{"product_id":"jazz-odyssey-the-global-lives-of-booker-t-pittman-paperback-softback-9781496860729","title":"Jazz Odyssey; The Global Lives of Booker T. Pittman (Paperback \/ softback) 9781496860729","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eJazz Odyssey\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Global Lives of Booker T. Pittman\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJason Borge (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496860729\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 5 January 2026\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e277 pages, 32 b\u0026amp;w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.426 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eJazz Odyssey \u003c\/i\u003eis a deeply impressive work of research. Borge has combed archives in four different countries and conducted numerous oral histories to track down an enormous amount of details about Booker T. Pittman’s life. He persuasively shows that Pittman is a fascinating figure whose life illuminates transnational cultural flows and understandings of race and cultural inheritance.\" - Bryan McCann, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eLatin America in the Modern World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Buca’s story is amazing, and it’s all the more remarkable when his stepdaughter Eliana’s and wife Ofélia’s stories are brought into the fold.\" - Marc A. Hertzman, author of \u003ci\u003eMaking Samba: A New History of Race and Music in Brazil\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eBooker T. Pittman (1909-1969) was a jazz saxophonist and clarinetist who played with greats like Louis Armstrong and Count Basie in the 1920s and 1930s. The maternal grandson of Booker T. Washington, Pittman was tremendously talented and ambitious like his famous grandfather. After starring in local jazz scenes as an alto saxophonist and clarinetist in Kansas City, Harlem, and Paris, in the late 1920s and mid-1930s, Pittman boarded a ship to South America and remained there until his death in 1969. In Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Buenos Aires, and Montevideo, he became a fixture of casinos and nightclubs, a pioneer of the South American musical diaspora, and a formative figure of several jazz scenes. He also struggled mightily with drugs and alcohol, and on more than one occasion disappeared into the Brazilian and Uruguayan backlands. Ultimately, though, he returned to sobriety, stability, and the spotlight, fulfilling his potential in Brazil in the 1950s and 1960s. \t\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eJazz Odyssey: The Global Lives of Booker T. Pittman \u003c\/i\u003ecombines accessible music analysis with global cultural history, while telling a compelling story of a figure whose life spanned some of the most celebrated—and also some of the most obscure—chapters in jazz history. Based on extensive archival research but written for the general audience, \u003ci\u003eJazz Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e will appeal equally to jazz fans and scholars, as well as readers interested in a fascinating family saga that includes the stories of Pittman's wife Ofélia and stepdaughter Eliana, who is herself a notable singer and actress.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52607745425688,"sku":"9781496860729","price":21.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/jazz-odyssey-the-global-lives-of-booker-t-pittman-paperback-softback-9781496860729","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}