It takes the average reader 3 hours and 33 minutes to read Jelly Roll, Jabbo, and Fats by Whitney Balliett
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
In this collection of jazz portraits that have appeared in the New Yorker, Balliett recreates the personalities and styles of the musical artists whose works he analyzes. He presents descriptions of and reactions to six pianists (including Jelly Roll Morton, Fats Waller and Erroll Garner), four saxophonists (from Sidney Bechet to Ornette Coleman), two trumpeters (Doc Cheatham and the legendary Jabbo Smith), three drummers, the trombonist Vic Dickenson, "the best jazz bassist alive" (Michael Moore), and the French jazz critics Hughes Panassie and Charles Delaunay. ISBN 0-19-503275-6 (Cloth) : $17.95.
Jelly Roll, Jabbo, and Fats by Whitney Balliett is 212 pages long, and a total of 53,424 words.
This makes it 72% the length of the average book. It also has 65% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 51 minutes to read Jelly Roll, Jabbo, and Fats aloud.
Jelly Roll, Jabbo, and Fats is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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