Chris Albertson (1931–2019)
Autor(a) de Bessie
About the Author
Christiern Gunnar Albertson was born in Reykjavik, Iceland on October 18, 1931. He became a disc jockey for Armed Forces Radio in Keflavik before moving to the United States in 1957. He worked as a disc jockey at a radio station in Philadelphia. He moved to New York in the 1960s and became a mostrar mais producer for Riverside Records. He spent one year as a radio station manager in 1964. He was also writing liner notes for jazz albums and was a critic with Stereo Review magazine. He produced a multivolume reissue of Bessie Smith's recordings. The five two-disc sets were released between 1970 and 1972. He received a Grammy Award for best liner notes for Bessie Smith: The World's Greatest Blues Singer. His biography, Bessie, was published in 1972. He was found dead on April 24, 2019 at the age of 87. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Obras por Chris Albertson
Louis Armstrong (Giants of jazz) 1 exemplar
Bessie Smith: Empress of the Blues 1 exemplar
By Chris Albertson - Bessie: Revised and expanded edition (Rev Exp) (2005-06-25) [Paperback] (2005) 1 exemplar
Bessie (Abacus Books) 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Albertson, Christiern Gunnar
- Data de nascimento
- 1931-10-18
- Data de falecimento
- 2019-04-24
- Sexo
- male
- Local de nascimento
- Reykjavik, Iceland
- Local de falecimento
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Locais de residência
- Copenhagen, Denmark
Keflavik, Iceland
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
New York, New York, USA - Ocupações
- disc jockey
biographer - Organizações
- Armed Forces Radio
Riverside Records
WBAI - Prémios e menções honrosas
- Grammy Award for Liner Notes
Membros
Críticas
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 5
- Also by
- 1
- Membros
- 124
- Popularidade
- #161,165
- Avaliação
- 3.7
- Críticas
- 1
- ISBN
- 13
- Línguas
- 1
- Marcado como favorito
- 1