To Be or Not to Bop
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| File:To Be or Not to Bop - book cover.JPG Softcover edition | |
| Authors | Dizzy Gillespie Al Fraser |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Music autobiographies |
| Published | July 1979 |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback and paperback) |
| Pages | 552 pp. |
| ISBN | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). |
To Be or Not to Bop: Memoirs of Dizzy Gillespie is a 1979 book written by jazz musician, composer and band leader Dizzy Gillespie.[1][2] The book was released in July 1979 by Doubleday. The University of Minnesota Press re-released the book in 2009.
Background
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He is known for being the father of bebop. This book tells about his life, and what he went through to make this music flourish. The book introduces Dizzy and his friends like Charlie "Bird" Parker as they struggled to make money by playing. Later on it tells of how Dizzy became a great trumpeter and even the origin of his signature bent trumpet.
Various compositions and albums have been named after Gillespie's book title.
See also
[edit | edit source]- Biographies of other famous trumpeters