If it Swings, It's Music: The Autobiography of Hawaii's Gabe Baltazar Jr.

Hawaii’s legendary jazz musician Gabe Baltazar Jr. has thrilled audiences since the late 1940s with his powerful and passionate playing. In this, the first book on his life and career, Gabe takes readers through the highs, lows, and in-betweens on the long road to becoming one of the very few Asian-Americans who has achieved worldwide acclaim as a jazz artist.

Gabe’s memorable encounters with some of the greatest names in jazz and popular entertainment will delight music fans, while readers of Hawaii and Asian-American life-writing will find in this work a fond record of days past, told with humor and heart.