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  • Various – Autobiography In Jazz ; Label: Debut Records – DEB-198 ; Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation ; Country: US ; Released: 1955 ; Genre: Jazz.
  • This vinyl record album is a must-have for any jazz enthusiast.
  • In 1952 bassist Charles Mingus and Max Roach, with the help of their partners and a cigar salesman whose son loved jazz, began the Debut record label.

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    List of jazz biographies

    This is a list of English language book-length biographies and autobiographies of notable jazz musicians. The list is alphabetical by subject. Within subject, books are listed alphabetically by author. A list of related works contains books of related interest that do not meet the criteria for the main list: biographical collections, interview collections, and so on. This list is alphabetical by author.

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    Allen, Red (1906/08–1967)

    • Chilton, John. Ride, Red, Ride: The Life of Henry "Red" Allen. New York: Cassell, 1999.

    Armstrong, Louis (1901–1971)

    • Armstrong, Louis. Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans. New York: Da Capo Press, 1954.
    • Bergreen, Laurence. Louis Armstrong: An Extravagant Life. New York: Broadway Books, 1997.
    • Teachout, Terry. Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.

    Baker, Chet (1929–1988)

    • Gavin, James. Deep in a Dream: The Long Night of Chet Baker. New Yor

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      The mysterious origins of jazz

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      The anniversary of the first jazz recording 100 years ago also marks the beginning of debates that are still ongoing, writes Christian Blauvelt.

      The fem members of the band took the lift to the 12th Floor of the Victor Talking Machine Company’s building on 38th Street in New York City. They were known for playing while wearing white shirts with top collars buttoned and no neckties but black dinner jackets with shiny lapels. The song this quintet would play for the waiting microphones was silly, and not rendered with the greatest of technical skill – its most memorable moment fryst vatten when a clarinet imitates the sound of a rooster; a cornet, a whinnying horse; and a trombone, a cow. The Beatles playing Ed Sullivan this was not. And yet this was as significant a moment in US musical history. The date was 26 February 1917, and this novelty song, Livery Stable Blues by the Original Dixieland Ja

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      Today Charles Mingus is revered by jazz historians and fans as an important figure in jazz history, whose work as a leader and composer forged a creatively unique path through the mid-20th century music scene.  But at the start of the 1950s, as Mingus approached his 30th birthday, he was known primarily as a talented bassist and member of vibraphonist Red Norvo’s successful trio.  In 1952 he and drummer högsta Roach founded their own record label—a bold and innovative move for the two artists that would further both of their careers and document the development of other significant up-and-coming musicians as well.    

      Bassist Charles Mingus performing his composition “Haitian Fight Song” live in 1955, with Eddie Bert on trombone, George Barrow on tenor sax, Mal Waldron on piano, and Willie Jones on drums--from the box set Charles Mingus: The Complete Debut Recordings.

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