Overview

With a voice as smooth as a Charlie Parker alto saxophone solo, Boston broadcasting icon Ron Della Chiesa has brought music and musical legends alive for over thirty-five years. These are the inside stories of Della Chiesa’s career in radio. Discover Boston's vibrant music scene as only Ron can tell it: through his interviews with everyone from opera greats Luciano Pavarotti and Placido Domingo, to jazz artists Dizzy Gillespie and Dave McKenna, beloved song legends Rosemary Clooney and Bobby Short, composers David Raksin and Andre Previn, the brilliant raconteur Jean Shepherd, to his close friend, musical legend Tony Bennett.

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Author:   Ron Della Chiesa
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Pearson
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.60cm
Weight:   0.330kg
ISBN:  

9780205190782

ISBN 10:   0205190782
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   15 December 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Table of Contents   Chapter One: Radio Kid   Chapter Two: Finding My Voice   Chapter Three: Steppin’ Out   Chapter Four: Nice Work If You Can Get It   Chapter Five: A World of Joyce   Chapter Six: I Miss You in the Afternoon   Chapter Seven:  Fly Me to the Moon   Profiles   I. The World of Opera   1. Luciano Pavarotti, King of the High C’s 2. The Incomparable: Placido Domingo 3. Carlo Bergonzi: Viva Verdi! 4. James McCracken: Esultate! 5. Ben Heppner: Hip Heldentenor 6. Marcello Giordani: La Dolce Vita 7. Norman Kelley: “Knew Them All!” 8. Richard Cassilly and Patricia Craig: The Opera Couple 9. Jose Van Dam, the Singing Actor 10. Robert Merrill, Star Spangled Baritone 11. Jerome Hines, Devils and Demons 12. Eleanor Steber: West Virginia Diva 13. Eileen Farrell, The Feisty Soprano 14. Aprile Millo: After the Golden Age   II. All That Jazz   1. The Diz: Dizzy Gillespie 2. Benny Carter: Gentleman Ben 3. Jacquet’s Got It: Illinois Jacquet 4. Stan Getz: Hot, Cool, and Swinging     5. Super Drummer: Buddy Rich 6. The Irascible Joe Venuti 7. A Lifetime of Swing: Lionel Hampton 8. Boston’s Own: Ruby Braff  9. George Shearing: It’s Shearing You’re Hearing! 10. Three Handed Swing: Dave McKenna  11. Dick “Spider” Johnson 12. Joe Williams: Boss of the Blues   III. The Great American Songbook   1.Tony Bennett: The John Singer Sargent of Singers 2. Bobby Short: The Embodiment of Elegance 3. Frank Sinatra, Jr.: His Own Way 4. John Pizzarelli: Style’s Back in Style 5. Mel Torme: “Don’t Call Me the Velvet Fog!” 6. Nancy Wilson: The Thrush of Columbus: 7. Rosemary Clooney: Blue Rose 8. Sammy Cahn: A Song’s Best Friend   IV. Conductors and Composers   1. Arturo Toscanini, The Maestro 2. Gunther Schuller: “Where the Word Ends” 3. Harry Ellis Dickson: Wild About Harry! 4. David Raksin: Grandfather of Film Music   5. Andre Previn: Musical Wunderkind   V. Comics, Actors, and Everybody Else   1.Jean Shepherd, A Voice in the Night   2.Mort Sahl: If You’re For It, I’m Against It   3.The Importance of Being Ernest: Ernest Borgnine   4. Chuck Jones: What’s Up, Doc?   5. Robert B. Parker: Dean of American Crime Fiction

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Born in 1938 in Qunicy, Mass., Ron Della Chiesa grew up in a home where they listened to NBC broadcasts with Toscanini and was influenced by his fathers love of opera with Caruso or Lanza playing on the Victrola. His own musical interests expanded when his father took him to classical and jazz concerts and later, after graduation from Boston University, he began working in a variety of radio stations, developing his broadcast style and acquiring a loyal fan base in areas of jazz, ‘American standards,’ and opera. During his nearly four decade career, Ron has hosted a number of popular radio programs and he has conducted hundreds of celebrity interviews. Well known as a longtime host of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, he has also hosted, along with his wife Joyce, the WGBH-TV Learning Tours. In 1995, receiving the Courage of Conscious Award, he was cited for being a classical and jazz scholar and for being a steward of intergenerational music that binds society and elevates cultural integrity.

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