Hawai'i's legendary jazz musician Gabe Baltazar Jr. has thrilled audiences since the late 1940s with his powerful and passionate playing. In this, the first book on his life and career, Gabe takes readers through the highs, lows, and in-betweens on the long road to becoming one …
GRADY GAINES, from Houston, Texas, was the musical director and saxophonist for Little Richard's seminal backing band the Upsetters during the rock 'n' roll icon's biggest hitmaking era in the mid-1950s. He continues to perform as leader of Grady Gaines and the Texas Upsetters. …
<DIV>GRADY GAINES, from Houston, Texas, was the musical director and saxophonist for Little Richard's seminal backing band the Upsetters during the rock 'n' roll icon's biggest hitmaking era in the mid-1950s. He continues to perform as leader of Grady Gaines and the Texas Upsett…
GRADY GAINES, from Houston, Texas, was the musical director and saxophonist for Little Richard's seminal backing band the Upsetters during the rock 'n' roll icon's biggest hitmaking era in the mid-1950s. He continues to perform as leader of Grady Gaines and the Texas Upsetters. …
Throughout his life, Charlie Parker personified the tortured American artist: a revolutionary performer who used his alto saxophone to create a new music known as bebop even as he wrestled with a drug addiction that would lead to his death at the age of thirty-four. Drawing on i…
Born in Slaton, Texas, Bobby Keys has lived the kind of life that qualifies as a rock 'n' roll folktale. In his early teens, Keys bribed his way into Buddy Holly's garage band rehearsals. He took up the saxophone because it was the only instrument left unclaimed in the school ba…
Keys spent years on the road during the early days of rock 'n' roll. Now he paints a unique picture of the coming-of-age of rock 'n' roll itself while celebrating how his raw talent and outsized personality have elevated him from sideman to a rock icon.
