Valaida Snow Biography: Trumpet, High Hat, and Rhythm — The Life and Music of a Jazz Pioneer

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Singer, trumpeter and dancer. Child star, jazz pioneer and world traveller. Legend and myth. If Valaida SnowÕs life wasnÕt already sensational enough, she sensationalized it further, freely evading and embellishing the truth of her triumphs, trials, and tribulations. But even after her life has been measured against the historical record, it remains a grand and compelling tale, and Valaida herself a grand and compelling figure. // Praise for Mark Miller’s Some Hustling This!: ÒItÕs safe to say that there has never quite been a history of jazz like this,__ certainly never a history of this jazz. Miller is a thorough and scrupulous researcher, and he conveys that research with a style thatÕs both elegant and engaging. ItÕs his fidelity to the historical record, [and] his faith in the extraordinary vigor of the music, its makers and its world that help bring it to life.Ó Ñ Stuart Broomer, Signal to Noise

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