Better days will come again : the life of Arthur Briggs, jazz genius of Harlem, Paris, and a Nazi prison camp
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Published
Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2020].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xi, 292 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Status
Main Library - Adult
781.65 Atr
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781.65 Atr
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781.65 Atr
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781.65 Atr
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Published
Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2020].
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"By the 1930s, Briggs was considered "the Louis Armstrong of Paris," and was the peer of the greatest names of his time, from Josephine Baker to Django Reinhardt. In 1940, he was arrested and sent to the prison camp at Saint Denis. Based on groundbreaking research and including unprecedented access to Briggs's oral memoir, this is a crucial document of jazz history, a fast-paced epic, and an entirely original tale of survival"--,Provided by publisher.
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