Willis Conover: Broadcasting Jazz To The World - Brossura

Ripmaster, Terry

 
9780595407415: Willis Conover: Broadcasting Jazz To The World
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ISBN 10: 0595407412 ISBN 13: 9780595407415
Casa editrice: iUniverse, 2007

Sinossi

Willis Clark Conover Jr. was born on December 18, 1920. Known around the world for his Voice of America radio programs, he also traveled the world as a jazz ambassador. Willis Conover: Broadcasting Jazz To The World recounts the story of his talented life.In America, Conover helped break down racial barriers related to jazz, participating in the famous Newport Jazz Festivals as well as serving on the National Endowment for the Arts to gain funding for jazz events. As a personal friend of Duke Ellington and many other jazz greats, Conover promoted their music over radio stations and at White House jazz concerts. His tenure at Voice of America lasted from 1955 until his death in 1996. Unfortunately, because of Congressional restrictions, his programs were not heard in the United States. The Voice of America, an arm of the Office of War Information, was a federal agency banned from broadcasting in America.Many of the world's best jazz musicians credit Conover with helping them learn more about jazz. This biography details his professional accomplishments in the world of jazz, including the profound impact he had on the Soviet Union and Eastern European Communist nations.

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L'autore

Terence M. Ripmaster is a retired professor of history, William Paterson University, former president of the New Jersey Jazz Society, a member of the International Association for Jazz Education, and a member of the Jazz Journalist Association. He lives in Sarasota, Florida.

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Book by Ripmaster Terence

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Editore
iUniverse
Data di pubblicazione
2007
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0595407412
ISBN 13 
9780595407415
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
240
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
gpsr@libri.de
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