Fancy Fretwork
Leslie Gourse
Traces the evolution of the guitar in jazz history and profiles the world's greatest jazz guitarists from the early 1900s to the present.
Read Time: ~7.7 hr
Morning glory
by Linda Dahl (2001)
About this book
"Linda Dahl, granted unprecedented access to the large Williams archive, has given us the whole of William's very full life, from her often harrowing days on the road to her tumultuous marriages and love affairs, from the ups and downs of her unique fifty-year career to the remarkable spirituality that came to inform both her daily life and her music. This is a portrait of one of our least understood and most important musicians."--BOOK JACKET.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreMorning glory Lead Character
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