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Last Balladeer : The Johnny Hartman Story
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Overview
In The Last Balladeer, author Gregg Akkerman skillfully reveals the life-long achievements and occasional missteps of Johnny Hartman as an African-American artist dedicated to his craft. In the first full-length biography and discography to chronicle the rhapsodic life and music of Johnny Hartman, the author completes a previously missing dimension of vocal-jazz history by documenting Hartman as the balladeer who crooned his way into so many hearts. Backed by impeccable research but conveyed in a conversational style, this book will interest not only musicians and scholars but any fan of the Great American Songbook and the singers who brought it to life.
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- ISBN-13: 9780810882812
- ISBN-10: 0810882817
- Publisher: Scarecrow Press
- Publish Date: June 2012
- Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.2 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
- Page Count: 392
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