{"product_id":"the-lady-swings-9780252085512","title":"The Lady Swings","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDottie Dodgion was honored during the \"In Memoriam\" segment of the Grammy Awards 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Dodgion had a fascinating story to relate. She and Enstice produced a book that flows naturally and always maintains the reader's interest.\" --\u003ci\u003eJersey Jazz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This highly readable history says much about the demands upon someone determined to be a performer. . . . This book also contains an audio companion illustrating Dodgion's insufficiently celebrated playing, and she certainly knows how to tell a story, musically and verbally. \" --\u003ci\u003eJazzwise\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Lady Swings\u003c\/i\u003e undulates as much with dynamic rhythm as it does with delicious drama and laugh-out-loud storylines.\" --\u003ci\u003eJazzTimes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Written in a breathtaking, breezy narrative that takes the reader on a musical journey that is reflected as if in the mirror of Ms Dodgion’s life itself. . . . This is what makes the book so exciting: the mere fact that you will discover a musician who gave – and continues to give – her life to the music she fell in love with as a child and one who remains its guardian, keeping the flame aglow even in the sunset of her life.\" --\u003ci\u003eJazzdaGama\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A pioneering woman in jazz and swinging drummer, Dottie Dodgion played with some of the great musicians of her time. She has a unique story to tell.\"--Quincy Jones\u003cbr\u003e​​\"When I first caught Dottie Dodgion in action I was bowled over. I didn’t hear a great female drummer but a truly great jazz drummer, period, able, as you’ll be happy to learn from the story she tells with such insight, humor and complete honesty, to please both Charles Mingus and Wild Bill Davison. The lady's words swing as hard as her ride cymbal, and will keep your foot tapping all the way through.\"--Dan Morgenstern, Director Emeritus, Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University\u003cbr\u003e​​​\"Dottie Dodgion not only takes you on a dizzying ride through her incredible life, she teaches you some of the great secrets of jazz and unmasks the archaic attitudes toward female musicians that have marginalized great talents like hers. What a wonderful journey she’s had. What a wonderful book this is!\"--Judy Chaikin, director and cowriter of \u003ci\u003eThe Girls in the Band\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A unique and important contribution to the history of jazz.\"--Dee Spencer, composer, performer, educator\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ​​\"An interesting book about an eventful life in music.\" --\u003ci\u003eNew York City Jazz Record\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eThe Lady Swings\u003c\/i\u003e belongs on the short list of essential jazz autobiographies.\" --\u003ci\u003eAll About Jazz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eThe Lady Swings\u003c\/i\u003e is an entertaining and informative book, one that is easily recommended.\" --\u003ci\u003eSyncopated Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"A full portrait of the obstacles American women faced in the 20th century jazz scene . . . Dodgion's pull-no-punches style and determination in the face of daunting situations bring an obscure figure to vivid life.\" --\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"A compelling tale of a groundbreaking person from a memorable time in American cultural history.\" --\u003ci\u003eFraNoi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"A swinging tale that is more than a fascinating footnote in the annals of jazz.\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Finalist, Book of the Year About Jazz: Biography and Autobiography, Jazz Journalists Association (JJA), 2022 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword\u003cp\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Prefatory Notes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Part I. The California Years\u003cbr\u003e Scene One: On the Road\u003cbr\u003e Scene Two: Spot\u003cbr\u003e Behind The Scenes One: The Giaimos\u003cbr\u003e Scene Three: Eleanor Powell’s Shoes\u003cbr\u003e Behind The Scenes Two: The Tiptons\u003cbr\u003e Scene Four: The Eight-Day Clock\u003cbr\u003e Scene Five: Polio\u003cbr\u003e Scene Six: Jail Bait\u003cbr\u003e Scene Seven: TD\u0026amp;L\u003cbr\u003e Scene Eight: Mingus\u003cbr\u003e Scene Nine: Apple Pie, Apple Pie, Apple Pie\u003cbr\u003e Scene Ten: A Little Help from My Friends\u003cbr\u003e Scene Eleven: The Drummer Was Always Late\u003cbr\u003e Scene Twelve: Monty\u003cbr\u003e Scene Thirteen: Jerry\u003cbr\u003e Scene Fourteen: 176 Steps\u003cbr\u003e Behind The Scenes Three: Eugene’s Lessons\u003cbr\u003e Scene Fifteen: First Time in Vegas\u003cbr\u003e Scene Sixteen: Followed by Myself in the Moonlight\u003cbr\u003e Scene Seventeen: The IT Club\u003cbr\u003e Scene Eighteen: Thunderbird\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The New York and East Coast Years\u003cbr\u003e Scene Nineteen: 14 Drummers\u003cbr\u003e Scene Twenty: Mount Airy Lodge\u003cbr\u003e Scene Twenty-One: Strollers\u003cbr\u003e Scene Twenty-Two: The Village Stompers\u003cbr\u003e Scene Twenty-Three: Eddie Condon’s\u003cbr\u003e Behind The Scenes Four: Pearls to Swine\u003cbr\u003e Scene Twenty-Four: Park Ridge\u003cbr\u003e Scene Twenty-Five: Piano Party\u003cbr\u003e Behind The Scenes Five: Ruby\u003cbr\u003e Scene Twenty-Six: Suburban Housewife\u003cbr\u003e Scene Twenty-Seven: In the Middle of the Brook\u003cbr\u003e Scene Twenty-Eight: Harold’s Rogue and Jar\u003cbr\u003e Scene Twenty-Nine: Melba Liston And Company\u003cbr\u003e Scene Thirty: Fazee Cakes\u003cbr\u003e Part III. California Redux\u003cbr\u003e Scene Thirty-One: The Best Kept Secret in Town\u003cbr\u003e Scene Thirty-Two: A Leader at Sixty-Five\u003cbr\u003e Scene Thirty-Three: Pacific Grove\u003cbr\u003e Scene Thirty-Four: Octogenarian\u003cbr\u003e Postscript\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Discography\u003cbr\u003e Inde\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400517394775,"sku":"9780252085512","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252085512.jpg?v=1730470875","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-lady-swings-9780252085512","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}