Wisconsin Riffs: Jazz Portraits From the Heartland

ISBN: 9780870208539

TITLE: Wisconsin Riffs: Jazz Portraits From the Heartland

AUTHOR: Kurt Dietrich

AFFILIATION: Ripon College

PUBLISHER: Wisconsin Historical Society Press

PUBLISH DATE: 2018

PAGES: 574

PRICE: $40.00

BINDING: Cloth

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION: ML3508

REVIEW: Drawing on research and interviews, this book offers profiles of jazz musicians from Wisconsin, including Bunny Berigan, Woody Herman, Les Paul, Jabbo Smith, "Wild Bill" Davison, Sam Armato, Joe Aaron, Freddie Slack, Heinie Beau, Gene Schroeder, Billy Maxted, Cappy Lewis, Jackie Cain, Al Jarreau, Tierney Sutton, Lyle Mays, Lynne Arriale, Geoff Keezer, Ethan Iverson, Dan Nimmer, Buddy Clark, Tommy Gumina, Mike Melvoin, Steve Houghton, Beverly Dahlke, Carl Allen, Gerald Cannon, Greg Tarday, and Ike Sturm. Others include John Sullivan, Joe Sanders, Dick Ruedebusch, Sig Millonzi, Chuck Hedges, Jack Carr, Steve Lewandowski, Manty Ellis, Berkeley Fudge, Frank Morgan, Tony King, Buddy Montgomery, Sam Belton, Mark Davis, Jeff Hamann, David Bayles, Adekola Adedapo, Lynette Margulies, Jackie Allen, Ben Sidran, Doster "Doc" De Haven, Les Thimmig, Joan Wildman, Richard Davis, Chris Washburne, Hans Sturm, Stanley Jordan, Frank DeMiles, Peter Dominguez, Jack Grassel, Jeffrey Pietrangelo, Luis Diaz, Juli Wood, David Stoler, David Cooper, Paul Hastil, Nick Moran, Louka Patenaude, Hanah Jon Taylor, Dominic Spera, Allen Johnson, Claude Cailliet, Dan Fornero, John Harmon, Bob Schulz, and the groups the New Breed, Mrs. Fun, Sweetbottom, September, La Chazz, Montage, Matrix, Opus, Harmonius Wail, and the Duke Ellington Orchestra. Chapters focus on musical styles and schools, geographical areas, or groups of musicians who have worked or developed together.