Going back to T-town : the Ernie Fields territory big band /

Soumis par Joseph Hafner le 23 Juin, 2025 - 15:46

Type de publication:

Book

Auteurs:

Fields, Carmen,

Source:

University of Oklahoma Press,, Volume 2, Norman, United States, p.xii, 225 pages : (2023)

ISBN:

0806191848

Numéro d'appel:

ML422.F535

Mots-clés:

African American band directors, African American jazz musicians, Band directors, Big band music, Big bands, Biographies., Biography., Directeurs d'harmonie, fast, History and criticism., Jazz musicians, Musiciens de jazz, Musiciens de jazz noirs américains, Oklahoma

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 211- 214) and index."The life and career of Black jazz musician and big band leader Ernie Fields of Tulsa as told by and to his journalist daughter, who drew on interviews and tapes he made of himself recalling his band's days on the road touring Oklahoma, the American South, and elsewhere in the United States"--The discovery, a five-dollar tip, and a chance at the big time -- To go or to stay? -- Prequel--first apple bite and becoming a union man -- From Nacogdoches to Taft to Tuskegee -- On the road, for better or worse -- Many lessons learned -- Musicians come, musicians go -- Something a little different -- Keeping his name front and center -- Old habits die hard -- Ofay cats -- Behind that preposition (translated: where you come from?) -- Good white folk -- Little Ernie -- What man is this? -- The road to a hit record.