ghost of miles Posted March 15, 2016 Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 (edited) I've put together a list of biographies, historical overviews, and interview/essay collections for the Night Lights site (there's also a list at the bottom of some Night Lights shows that focus on women in jazz). Suggestions for additions welcome: Women In Jazz: A Bibliography Edited October 5, 2018 by ghost of miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 How about Anita O'Day with George Ellis, High Times Hard Times? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonewall15 Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 How about "Nica's Dream" by David Kasten? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 (edited) I find Sherrie Tucker's "Swing Shift" an exceedingly mixed bag. Though the subject matter is very interesting (and I still don't regret buying the book, though mainly for want of something more readable throughout on exactly this subject), this is one of those books where the author clearly has an agenda and goes out of his (her, in this case ) way to make the narative and the facts fit that agenda. Ho hum ... (and yes, all those "second wave feminist" references in there do get on this reader's nerves - and no, I was NOT influenced by Chris Albertson's opinion on that book in writing this! ) As for additions, there also was a biography of Billie Holiday by Burnett James (called just that - "Billie Holiday", though I have no other info on the English-language edition(s) - my copy is a French translation and publication by Garancière (Paris) from the 80s . Edited March 16, 2016 by Big Beat Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted March 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 Updated with several additions--thanks, all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted March 18, 2016 Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 You didn't like the Burnett James bio on Lady Day? http://www.abebooks.com/book-search/title/billie-holiday/author/burnett-james/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted March 18, 2016 Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 And another one (a peripheral figure in the "musician" sense but nevertheless a very important female personality in spreading swing-era jazz as part of popular culture): Norma Miller (with Evette Jensen): Swingin' At The Savoy. The Memoir of a Jazz Dancer. Temple Press, N.Y. 2001 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted March 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 Thank you, Steve--I'll incorporate those next time I update the list. I had not heard of that particular Holiday biography before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njtw Posted March 22, 2016 Report Share Posted March 22, 2016 Some more (I think): Chan Parker - My Life In E-flat ISBN 1-57003-245-9 Lorraine Gordon as told to Barry Singer - Alive At The Village Vanguard - My Life In And Out Of Jazz Time ISBN 978-0-634-07399-1 Sue Graham Mingus - Tonight At Noon - A Love Story ISBN 0-375-42115-7 Flora Purim & Edward Bunker - Freedom Song The Story of Flora Purim ISBN 0-425-05455-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duaneiac Posted March 22, 2016 Report Share Posted March 22, 2016 Miss Peggy Lee : An Autobiography -- Miss Peggy Lee Fever: The Life and Music of Miss Peggy Lee -- Peter Richmond Girl Singer: An Autobiography -- Rosemary Clooney with Joan Barthel I Wish You Love -- Gloria Lynne with Karen Chilton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted March 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 Upping this in honor of International Women's Day today: Women In Jazz: A Bibliography Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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