Download or read book Giants of Jazz written by Studs Terkel and published by New Press. This book was released on 1957 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true giants of jazz are remembered in these brief biographies of thirteen jazz musicians. Now reissued in the original illustrated edition, the stars portrayed include John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, Billie Holliday & Fats Waller.