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Central Avenue Sounds(1st Edition)
Jazz in Los Angeles
by Clora Bryant, Buddy Collette, William Green, Steven Louis Isoardi, Marlin Young, Marl Young, Steve Isoardi, Jack Kelson, Horace Tapscott, Gerald Wilson
Paperback, 470 Pages, Published 1999 by University Of California Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-520-22098-0, ISBN: 0-520-22098-6

"The musical and social history of Los Angeles's black community from the 1920s through the early 1950s comes to life in this exceptional oral history collection. Through the voices of musicians who performed on L.A.'s Central Avenue during those years, a vivid picture of the Avenue's place in American musical history emerges. By day, Central Avenue was the economic and social center for black Angelenos. By night, it was a magnet for Sou ..."

Jazz Generations(Illustrated)
A Life in American Music and Society (Bayou)
by Buddy Collette, Stephen Isoardi, Steven Louis Isoardi
Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 2000 by Continuum Intl Pub Group
ISBN-13: 978-0-8264-4720-3, ISBN: 0-8264-4720-1

"A fast-tempo autobiography that spans seminal moments in the history of jazz, Los Angeles, and the black experience in America. Until recently, the West Coast jazz scene occupied an unjustifiably obscure place in jazz history. Yet, in the heyday of jazz, the Los Angeles Central Avenue scene was a mecca for Hollywood stars and other jazz buffs who wanted to hear the music of people like Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Mingus, an ..."

Jazz Generations
A Life in American Music and Society (Bayou)
by Buddy Collette, Steven Louis Isoardi, Stephen Isoardi
Paperback, 214 Pages, Published 2000 by Continuum Intl Pub Group
ISBN-13: 978-0-8264-4721-0, ISBN: 0-8264-4721-X

"The autobiography of Buddy Collette, who has been a key figure in American jazz since the 1940s. He is unusual in that he spent his whole career on the West Coast but gained an international reputation. He worked closely with Charlie Mingus and went on to join the Chico Halmiton Quartet and later Thelonius Monk and Gil Evans. He provides portraits of Robeson, Parker and Sinatra, describes the world of the studio musician (particularly h ..."

Central Avenue Sounds(1st Edition)
Jazz in Los Angeles
by Clora Bryant, Marl Young, Buddy Collette, William Green, Steve Isoardi, Steven Isoardi, Jack Kelson, Horace Tapscott, Gerald Wilson
Hardcover, 465 Pages, Published 1998 by University Of California Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-520-21189-6, ISBN: 0-520-21189-8

"The musical and social history of Los Angeles's black community from the 1920s through the early 1950s comes to life in this exceptional oral history collection. Through the voices of musicians who performed on L.A.'s Central Avenue during those years, a vivid picture of the Avenue's place in American musical history emerges.By day, Central Avenue was the economic and social center for black Angelenos. By night, it was a magnet for Sout ..."

Jazz Generations
A Life in American Music and Society [Paperback]
by Buddy Collette, Steven Isoardi
Paperback, 214 Pages, Published 2001 by Continuum
ISBN-13: 978-1-4223-5155-0, ISBN: 1-4223-5155-6

"Buddy Collette has been a key figure in Amer. jazz since the early 1940s."

Buddy Collette Quintet
by Modern Jazz Orchestra, Buddy Collette
Audio, Published 2001 by Studio West (V.S.O.P.)
ISBN-13: 978-5-555-75558-2, ISBN: 5-555-75558-9

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