It takes the average reader 3 hours and 45 minutes to read A Life in Jazz by Danny Barker
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
As a musician who grew up in New Orleans, and later worked in New York with the major swing orchestras of Lucky Millinder and Cab Calloway, Barker is uniquely placed to give an authoritative but personal view of jazz history. In this book he discusses his life in music, from the children's 'spasm' bands of the seventh ward of New Orleans, through the experience of brass bands and jazz funerals involving his grandfather, Isidore Barbarin, to his early days on the road with the blues singer Little Brother Montgomery. Later he goes on to discuss New York, and the jazz scene he found there in...
A Life in Jazz by Danny Barker is 223 pages long, and a total of 56,419 words.
This makes it 75% the length of the average book. It also has 69% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 8 minutes to read A Life in Jazz aloud.
A Life in Jazz is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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