#NowReading the next book on big bands by Sheila Tracy…

Talking Swing: The British Big Bands (1997)

It’s the same format as ‘Bands, Booze & Broads’; life in the big bands as told by the musicians, singers and arrangers who were there!

Very highly recommended 👍😎

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Nat Gonella: A Jazz Life by Ron Brown & Digby Fairweather

Picked this up to start reading and was very surprised to find that this copy once belonged to trad jazz trumpeter and George Melly collaborator, Mick Mulligan!!!

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The Voice: The Story Of An American Phenomenon, Frank Sinatra by E. J. Kahn, Jr. (1947)

I’m a couple of chapters in and thoroughly enjoying it. Hope I’m in such good shape and as intelligible at 79!

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Halfway through this and thoroughly enjoying it 👍😎

Traps The Drum Wonder: The Life Of Buddy Rich - Mel Tormé

Despite being written by his good friend Mel (is there anything he couldn’t do?), it covers the bad as well as the good.

Extremely well written and informative.

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The Five Pennies - Grady Johnson (1959)

The novelisation of the movie of the same title, it’s the biography of cornet and trumpet playing, jazz band leader Red Nichols.

It’s a little ‘light’ but a very enjoyable and informative read 👍😎

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Just finished reading Brit jazz saxophonist Peter King’s autobiography ‘Flying High’ and am following it with…

The Peter King Quintet - Speed Trap: Live At Ronnie Scott’s 1994

Both very highly recommended 👍😎

What a life and what a talent!

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It was great talking to @jrosenbaum2002 again today about his book, In Dreams Begins Responsibilities, published by @hatandbeardpress. Stay tuned !

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