Join the Library and Politics and Prose bo okstore for a conversation with author Larry Tye about his new book The Jazzmen. In conversation with WAMU's Rob Bamberger\ , Tye will discuss his exciting new biography of Duke Ellington\, Count Ba sie\, and Louis Armstrong. \;
\nBooks will be available for sale and signing after the talk.
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\nFrom the \;New York Times \;bestselli ng author of \;Satchel \;and \;Bobby Kennedy\, a sweeping and spellbinding portrait of the longtime kings of jazz&mdash\;Duke Ellington\ , Louis Armstrong\, and Count Basie&mdash\;who\, born within a few years o f one another\, overcame racist exclusion and violence to become the most popular entertainers on the planet.
\nThis is the story of three rev olutionary American musicians\, the maestro jazzmen who orchestrated the c hords that throb at the soul of twentieth-century America.
\nBased on more than 250 interviews\, this exhau stively researched book brings alive the history of Black America in the e arly-to-mid 1900s through the singular lens of the country&rsquo\;s most g ifted\, engaging\, and enduring African-American musicians.
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\nLarry Tye&nb
sp\;is the \;New York Times \;bestselling author of \;Bobby Ke
nnedy \;and \;Satchel\, as well as \;Demagogue\, \;Superma
n\, \;The Father of Spin\, \;Home Lands\, and \;Rising from th
e Rails\, and coauthor\, with Kitty Dukakis\, of \;Shock. Previously a
n award-winning reporter at the \;Boston Globe \;and a Nieman fell
ow at Harvard University\, he now runs the Boston-based Health Coverage Fe
llowship. He lives on Cape Cod. \;
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\nRob Bam berger&rsquo\;s interest in vintage jazz and swing began in 1963 at an ele mentary school book fair in Shaker Heights\, Ohio\, where he picked over t he remainders on the record table after the crowd had dispersed. There\, h e found a two-record set from RCA Victor of broadcast performances by the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. That fateful acquisition\, which cost him a dime\, launched a consuming and scholarly interest in American music of the &rsq uo\;20s\, &rsquo\;30s\, and &rsquo\;40s. It also became the cornerstone of a record collection which overwhelms his basement\, his laundry room\, an d threatens to creep up the stairs of the Arlington home he shares with hi s wife\, Chris.
\nBamberger came to WAMU 88.5 as a volunteer in 1978 \, when he presented the first of several features on jazz performers duri ng the station&rsquo\;s morning news show\, \;Morning Line. Hot Jazz S aturday Night \;debuted in 1980 and aired on WAMU until 2018\, before returning to the station in 2020. Bamberger&rsquo\;s program had the disti nction of being the only non-syndicated\, locally-produced public radio pr ogram to be part of NPR&rsquo\;s international distribution from 2006 to 2 017.
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