HAMP. An Autobiography by LIONEL HAMPTON
by Lionel Hampton with James Haskins
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket
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McCrae, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Amistad Books / Warner, Fifth Avenue, New York 1989 Hardcover with dust jacket VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Includes a 100-page Discography. Lionel Hampton is one of America's legendary jazz greats, and one of the world's most versatile musicians. He shares his incredible memories: how his uncle Richard came to work for Al Capone; his introduction to the music giants of the day - Jelly Roll Morton, Bix Biederbecke, Mugsy Spanier, King Oliver and His Creole Jazz Band, and Bessie Smith. Here, too, are Hampton's off-the-cuff recollections of Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, and Josephine Baker. Includes 38 b&w photographs.
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- Bookseller
- Pegasus Book Orphanage (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43277
- Title
- HAMP. An Autobiography by LIONEL HAMPTON
- Author
- Lionel Hampton with James Haskins
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with dust jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Amistad Books / Warner, Fifth Avenue, New York
- Date Published
- 1989
- Pages
- 286 pages
- Keywords
- entertainers entertainment Lionel Hampton Benny Goodman Hollywood Jazz Gene Krupa Buddy Rich Nat King Cole Ella Fitzgerald Josephine Baker.
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