Doc : the story of a Birmingham jazz man
- Title
- Doc : the story of a Birmingham jazz man / Frank "Doc" Adams and Burgin Mathews.
- Published by
- Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, c2012.
- Author
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- Additional authors
- Description
- xxx, 267 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- African Americans > Alabama > Birmingham > Social conditions
- African Americans > Segregation > Alabama > Birmingham > History
- African Americans > Alabama > Birmingham > Biography
- Black author
- Adams, Frank, 1928-
- African American jazz musicians > Alabama > Birmingham > Biography
- African Americans > Alabama > Birmingham > Social life and customs
- Jazz musicians > Alabama > Birmingham > Biography
- African American musicians > Alabama > Birmingham > Biography
- Clarinetists > United States > Biography
- Contents
- Family -- The church -- Schoolboy -- "Fess" -- Outer space -- First gigs and Birmingham clubs -- Summers on the road -- Howard -- Bounce, bebop, blues, and swing -- Teacher -- Bandleader -- Friends and mentors -- Building a family, making ends meet -- The movement -- Keeping the spirit -- "Doc".
- Call number
- Sc E 12-1215
- Note
- Includes index.
- Author
- Adams, Frank, 1928-
- Title
- Doc : the story of a Birmingham jazz man / Frank "Doc" Adams and Burgin Mathews.
- Imprint
- Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, c2012.
- Local subject
- Black author.
- Added author
- Mathews, Burgin.
- LCCN
- 2012006704
- ISBN
- 9780817317805 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0817317805 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780817386467 (e book)
- 0817386467 (e book)
- Research call number
- Sc E 12-1215