Getting Down to Brass Tacks My Adventures In The World Of Jazz, Rio, And Beyond by Amy H. Duncan

In the 1950's a young teenage piano student is given an LP of the jazz pianist Alex Kallao. She was struck with a major epiphany while listening to his music: this was what she wanted to do with her life! This riveting autobiography of a woman in the world of jazz takes us on Amy Duncan’s adventures as a struggling musician and writer in Boston and New York to her exotic life in Rio de Janeiro with its samba and Carnival. But her desire for love and family creates obstacles along the way, and her choices lead to unexpected paths.