{"product_id":"from-satchmo-to-miles-9780812814712","title":"From Satchmo to Miles","description":"\u003cp\u003eLouis Armstrong  Duke Ellington  Billie Holiday  Ella Fitzgerald  Count Basie  Lester Young  Charlie Parker  Norman Granz  Oscar Peterson  Ray Charles  Don Ellis  and Miles Davisthese are the dozen jazz figures whom Leonard Feather chose to describe the development of jazz. This is the first Feather book to examine in-depth the innovative figures who have led the way throughout the musics history. As composer  producer  and for almost half-a-century one of its leading critics  Feather has a unique perspective of these jazz immortals. He has worked with and known all of them. \"These are portraits of human beings first  analyses of musicians or musical history only peripherally if at all \" says Feather in his new foreword. A warm  affectionate  and perceptive inside account of twelve originals  the book is packed with wonderful stories. As Feather \"Most of all I am grateful for the inspiration and friendship of the artists themselves. Armstrong and Ellington were directly responsible  through their records  for drawing me to jazz. After their magic had worked on me  the others  one by one  sustained and refreshed and invigorated my interest in  an involvement with  this liveliest of twentieth-century arts.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45274172686389,"sku":"ByrdShop_0812814711","price":238.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780812814712.jpg?v=1780494078","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/from-satchmo-to-miles-9780812814712","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}