Dameronia : the life and music of Tadd Dameron /
Paul Combs ; foreword by Benny Golson.
- Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, (c)2012.
- 1 online resource.
- Jazz perspectives .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Early days -- The early 1940s : Kansas City -- The early 1940s : New York -- The architect of bop -- 1947 : into the limellight -- 1948 : the royal roost -- 1949 : international fame -- 1950-55 : into the shadows -- 1956 : back in action -- 1957-1961 : incarceration -- 1961-1962 : release -- The final sessions -- "Le Fôret" : the legacy of Tadd Dameron.
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Composers--United States--Biography. Jazz musicians--United States--Biography.