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Life, on the Fence: An Autobiography
Sparkling with stories of familiar names from the world of jazz - Quincy Jones, Stan Kenton, Thad Jones, Mel Lewis, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie - jazz musician 'Doc' Holladay's book challenges some of the preconceived ideas about jazz and explains why he as a white man finds himself at home within the African-American community.
Hardcover
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258 pages
Published
December 31st 2000
by George Ronald
(first published December 2000)
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Full disclosure: I was a student of Doc's at Oakland University during the height of the program he built so this book was of great interest to me. I think Doc has packed 3 books into one: 1) a historical front row seat on the evolution of the jazz scene in the 60's and beyond, 2) a human perspective on religion and what fuels passion and drives a person to make life choices, and 3) a statement on race, both the overt and more subtle types that have poisoned society and the ways people have avoi
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