Hotter than That: The Trumpet, Jazz, and American Culture. By Krin Gabbard. New York: Faber and Faber, 2008.

摘要

Krin Gabbard has written a joyful book about the trumpet, which has as its subtext the eternal quest for masculinity through music, especially black music. Combining detailed biographical sketches of Buddy Bolden, Louis Armstrong, and Miles Davis, and additional chapters elucidating the history of the trumpet, its health hazards, and its manufacturing processes, Gabbard also provides a disarming story of himself as an aspiring trumpet player returning to the horn after decades of idle lips.