Hotter Than That The Trumpet, Jazz, and American Culture Krin Gabbard

Hotter Than That: The Trumpet, Jazz, and American Culture - Krin Gabbard

A swinging cultural history of the instrument that in many ways defined a century. The twentieth century was barely under way when the grandson of a slave picked up a trumpet and transformed American culture. Before that moment, the trumpet had been a regimental staple in marching bands, a ceremonia...