Natalie Sleeth

Hallelujah Day

Paul Bierley's affectionate bio-portrait of famed bandmaster Henry Fillmore is now available in a new soft-cover edition from Carl Fischer. Fillmore's life, rich in incident, triumphs and tragedy, truly a rage-to-riches story full of episodes the equal of those found in novels, is presented with grace and no little elegance in this up-dated biography. Hallelujah Trombone! will delight Fillmore's many admirers and introduce this delightful book to many new people with an interest in the development of American music.