{"product_id":"whisper-not-the-autobiography-of-benny-golson-hardback-9781439913338","title":"Whisper not; The Autobiography of Benny Golson (Hardback) 9781439913338","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWhisper not\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Autobiography of Benny Golson\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBenny Golson (Author), Jim B Merod (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781439913338\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 10 June 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e328 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.664 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“\u003ci\u003eOne of the greatest artists our country has is Benny Golson. He is not only a great musician, but an original and fabulous composer. He is inventive and creative and his work is loved the world over. Benny is a rare, creative genius. All I would like to say is THREE CHEERS for Benny Golson!\u003c\/i\u003e”-Tony Bennett\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“\u003ci\u003eComposer supreme, tenor man supreme, jazz man supreme, good guy supreme: that’s BENNY GOLSON!\"\u003c\/i\u003e-Sonny Rollins\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn during the de facto inaugural era of jazz, saxophonist Benny Golson learned his instrument and the vocabulary of jazz alongside John Coltrane while Golson was still in high school in Philadelphia. Quickly establishing himself as an iconic fixture on the jazz landscape, Golson performed with dozens of jazz greats, from Sonny Rollins, Coleman Hawkins, and Jimmy Heath to Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, and many others. An acclaimed composer, Golson also wrote music for Hollywood films and television and composed such memorable jazz standards as “Stablemates,” “Killer Joe,” and “Whisper Not.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn eloquent account of Golson’s exceptional life-presented episodically rather than chronologically-\u003ci\u003eWhisper Not \u003c\/i\u003eincludes a dazzling collection of anecdotes, memories, experiences, and photographs that recount the successes, the inevitable failures, and the rewards of a life eternally dedicated to jazz.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003ePreface, by Jim Merod\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I John Coltrane\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1 One of a Kind: John Coltrane\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2 John and I Meet Diz and Bird\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3 John Becomes a Dynamo \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II The ’\u003cbr\u003eHood and Youthful Reckonings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4 Uncle Robert and the Man\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5 Two Heroes and a Night at Minton’\u003cbr\u003es\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6 Early Tragedies and Victories\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7 Welfare Days, Hard Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Great People\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8 No One Else: Bobbie Hurd\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9 Moose and Bostic\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10 Art Blakey’\u003cbr\u003es Neophytes and Tadd Dameron’\u003cbr\u003es Luck\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 11 Further Adventures with Tadd and an Evening with Louis Armstrong\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 12 The Duel: Clifford Brown and Fats Navarro\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 13 Wonder and Beauty: Betty Carter and Art Farmer\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 14 Genius Squared: Jimmy and Percy Heath\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 15 Unrivaled Aces: Sarah Vaughan and Bill Evans\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 16 Four \"\u003cbr\u003eBrothers\"\u003cbr\u003e: Mulgrew Miller, Woody Herman, Henry Brant, and George Russell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Hollywood\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 17 Starting Over\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 18 Gettin’\u003cbr\u003e My Mojo Workin’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 19 \u003ci\u003eM*A*S*H\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 20 Movie Stars Like Jazz, Too\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Amazing Friendships\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 21 Quincy Jones\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 22 Sweets and Diz\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 23 Philly Joe Jones\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 24 Monk, Max, and Dinah\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 25 Curtis Fuller and The Jazztet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI Music and Writing\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 26 Writing\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 27 Lessons\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 28 \"\u003cbr\u003eStablemates\"\u003cbr\u003e: My First Recorded Song\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 29 \"\u003cbr\u003eAlong Came Betty\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 30 \"\u003cbr\u003eI Remember Clifford\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 31 The Ballad and \"\u003cbr\u003eWeight\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII Icons\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 32 Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 33 Duke and Strayhorn\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 34 Coleman Hawkins\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 35 Art Blakey and Thelonious Monk\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 36 Blakey and The Jazz Messengers\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 37 Kenny Dorham and Lee Morgan\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 38 Sonny Rollins\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 39 Great Performances: Oscar Pettiford, Ron Carter, Billy Higgins, Billy Taylor, and Walter Davis, Jr.\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 40 Charles Mingus, Benny Goodman, Gigi Gryce, and Horace Silver\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 41 Peggy Lee and Diana Ross\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 42 Milt \"\u003cbr\u003eBags\"\u003cbr\u003e Jackson, Larry Young, Joe Farrell, and Tony Williams\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 43 Wynton Kelly and Chick Corea\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 44 Miles Davis and Geoffrey Keezer\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 45 Mickey Rooney, Redd Foxx, Jersey Joe Walcott, and Muhammad Ali\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VIII Verses and a Coda\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 46 Notes on Starting Over\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 47 The Blues\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 48 Brielle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Coda: A New Way of Life\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52670827528472,"sku":"9781439913338","price":28.97,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/whisper-not-the-autobiography-of-benny-golson-hardback-9781439913338","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}