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Faces In The Crowd: Musicians, Writers, Actors, And Filmmakers

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Faces In The Crowd: Musicians, Writers, Actors, And Filmmakers
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Gary Giddins
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:288
Dimensions(mm): Height 214,Width 141
Category/GenreDance and other performing arts
Bands, groups and musicians
Literary studies - from c 1900 -
Literary studies - fiction, novelists and prose writers
ISBN/Barcode 9780306807053
ClassificationsDewey:700.9730904
Audience
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Hachette Books
Imprint Da Capo Press Inc
Publication Date 22 August 1996
Publication Country United States

Description

Thirty-seven profiles of major figures in the culture of our century.. In Faces in the Crowd Gary Giddins explores the achievements of thirty-seven artists, ranging from Irving Berlin to Spike Lee, Billie Holiday to Kay Starr, Louis Armstrong to Miles Davis, Elias Canetti to Philip Roth. He shows how Jack Benny revolutionized comedy; assesses the hardboiled fiction of James M.Cain, Raymond Chandler, and Elmore Leonard; recounts how he uncovered the true birthdate of Louis Armstrong; chats with Clint Eastwood about Charlie Parker. And, of course, he writes with authority on the great jazz musicians. This provocative and entertaining collection reveals why Gary Giddins has become one of the most influential critics of his generation.

Author Biography

Gary Giddins is a columnist for the Village Voice and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Visions of Jazz. He is also the author of a biography of Bing Crosby. His work has won numerous prizes, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, five ASCAP-Deems Taylor awards, and an American Book Award. He lives in New York City.