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JazzBiographies.com was conceived and constructed by Jeremy Wilson. The majority of the content was developed by Sandra Burlingame.
Jeremy Wilson is the creator of JazzStandards.com. His background is in network analysis and information management.
Sandra Burlingame is the Editor in Chief at JazzStandards.com. She has also edited Sing Your Story by Jay Clayton, Metaphors for the Musician by Randy Halberstadt, Tapping the Source by Brenda Bufalino, and 5/4 Magazine.
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Doug Ramsey
Take Five: The Public and Private Lives of Paul Desmond
Parkside Publications, Inc.
Rarely in the annals of jazz biography has a subject's career been documented so thoroughly... a monumental work. -- Downbeat Magazine
Miles Davis
Miles
Simon & Schuster
... could well be subtitled "Miles Tells All" for this volume is crammed with juicy gossip about most of the key figures in modern jazz. -- San Francisco Chronicle
Duke Ellington
Jazz Icons: Duke Ellington Live in '58
Jazz Icons
DVD - This epic performance includes legendary players Clark Terry, Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Paul Gonsalves, Quentin Jackson and Ray Nance performing some of the most beloved American music ever written. -- Jazzitude.com
David A. Jasen, Gene Jones
Spreadin' Rhythm Around: Black Popular Songwriters, 1880-1930
Schirmer Books
An entertaining and thoughtful history of great but neglected African-American tunesmiths from the vaudeville and early jazz eras. -- Kirkus Reviews
Dave Brubeck
Jazz Icons: Dave Brubeck Live in '64 & '66
DVD - [Displays] the Dave Brubeck Quartet’s unique penchant for creating music that is uncompromisingly cool and smooth but still loaded with clever time-changes and shifting dynamics, brimming with character. -- Jambands.com
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