For many years an inspirational legend on the Canadian musical scene, Jackie Washington is a walking encyclopedia of over 1200 songs from slavery days, Victorian parlours, the roaring twenties, swing bands, and contemporary charts of every era, be they pop, jazz or country.
In this lively autobiographical account, Jackie tells of jamming with Lionel Hampton and Jay McShann, checking out chords with Duke Ellington, discussing drugs and racial persecution with Billie Holiday, afternoons with his friend Teddy Wilson, gigging with blues greats Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee and Lonnie Johnson – and much, much more. More Than A Blues Singer is a special book, an autobiography of a beloved entertainer, a remembrance of black music and culture in this century, and one musician’s personal history of jazz and its greats.
ISBN 0-921980-13-2
6" x 8.75”, 80p
Paperback
1996
Biography
