Daddy's Practising Again: An Australian Jazzman Looks Black And Around
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear.
Australian jazz has long occupied a fascinating and underappreciated corner of the global musical landscape, and Dick Hughes — one of its most colourful and candid chroniclers — presents in Daddy's Practising Again a vivid, freewheeling memoir that captures the raw energy of a life lived inside the music. With the sharp wit and irreverence of a man who played the scene from the inside, Hughes details the personalities, venues, and cultural currents that shaped Australian jazz from the mid-twentieth century onward, casting an affectionate but unsparing eye over both local legends and international encounters. Hughes writes with the authority of a practitioner and the instincts of a natural storyteller, delivering anecdotes that crackle with authenticity and humour. Daddy's Practising Again stands as an invaluable document of Australian musical heritage — part autobiography, part cultural history — and leaves the reader wondering just how much of the jazz world's richest stories have yet to be told.
Author: Dick Hughes
Format: Hardback
Genre: Music
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear.
Australian jazz has long occupied a fascinating and underappreciated corner of the global musical landscape, and Dick Hughes — one of its most colourful and candid chroniclers — presents in Daddy's Practising Again a vivid, freewheeling memoir that captures the raw energy of a life lived inside the music. With the sharp wit and irreverence of a man who played the scene from the inside, Hughes details the personalities, venues, and cultural currents that shaped Australian jazz from the mid-twentieth century onward, casting an affectionate but unsparing eye over both local legends and international encounters. Hughes writes with the authority of a practitioner and the instincts of a natural storyteller, delivering anecdotes that crackle with authenticity and humour. Daddy's Practising Again stands as an invaluable document of Australian musical heritage — part autobiography, part cultural history — and leaves the reader wondering just how much of the jazz world's richest stories have yet to be told.