A bass player navigates his way through the muddy waters of Chicago’s music scene
Bill Harrison chronicles his journey from bumbling music student to successful professional bass player in late twentieth-century Chicago. Told with a mixture of wry humor and hard-won insight, Making the Low Notes gives readers an insider’s peek into the prosaic life of a working musician. Harrison describes periods of camaraderie, disappointment, pain, and joy as he toils in venues as divergent as bowling alleys, jazz clubs, recording studios, hotels, orchestra pits, and concert halls. He shares the stage with jazz greats, including Dizzy Gillespie, James Moody, Clark Terry, Bunky Green, and Max Roach. Along the way, the bassist struggles to reconcile the dissonance between his desire to be heard and his impulse to hide silently in the shadows.
Author: Bill Harrison
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Open Books Press
Published: 06/06/2023
Pages: 236
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.54d
ISBN: 9781956897289
Language: English
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