Peter Bölke

The Jazz Icons earBook presents eight of the most successful jazz artists who have characterised the musical genre so decisively: Louis Armstrong, Coleman Hawkins, Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, MIles Davis, Dave Brubeck and John Coltrane. The author guides us through the musicians lives with eight enjoyable portraits and illuminates the complex interactions within the jazz scene.