Lullaby of birdland: The Autobiography of George Shearing (Bayou Jazz Lives Ser.)
Disabilities, Music biography, Music
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
Summary
Reminiscences by congenitally blind jazz pianist Shearing about his 1920s English childhood and early success in London before he immigrated to America in 1947. Recounts hobnobbing in New York with jazz greats Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Charlie Parker, and Dizzy Gillespie among others and recording with his famed quintet. 2004
Title Details
ISBN
9780826460158
Publisher
Continuum
Copyright Date
2004
Book number
4717798
Audio details for CELA title
Narrator
Fred Major
Duration
8 hours 25 minutes 28 seconds
Audio producer
APH
Braille details for CELA title
Volumes
7
Braille code
EBAE
Braille producer
American Printing House for the Blind