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Music Jazz

Swinging in Paradise

The Story of Jazz in Montreal

by (author) John Gilmore

Publisher
Vehicule Press
Initial publish date
Jan 1998
Category
Jazz
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780919890879
    Publish Date
    Jan 1998
    List Price
    $16.95

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Description

For almost half a century, more jazz was made in Montreal than anywhere else in Canada. Here are the lives, the music, and the concerns of the musicians who made the city swing?among them Myron Sutton, Willy Girard, Johnny Holmes, Oscar Peterson, Louis Metcalf, Steep Wade, Maury Kaye, and René Thomas. Here too is the story of Montreal after dark, from the silent movies, vaudeville theatres and dance pavilions to the nightclubs with names like the Montmartre, the Chez Paree, the St. Michel, and Paradise.Who's Who of Jazz in Montreal is a companion to the widely-acclaimed Swinging in Paradise: The Story of Jazz in Montreal.

About the author

John Gilmore is a Montreal journalist.

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