Visions of Jazz: The First CenturyOxford University Press, 1998 M10 22 - 704 páginas Poised to become a classic of jazz literature, Visions of Jazz: The First Century offers seventy-nine chapters illuminating the lives of virtually all the major figures in jazz history. From Louis Armstrong's renegade-style trumpet playing to Sarah Vaughan's operatic crooning, and from the swinging elegance of Duke Ellington to the pioneering experiments of Ornette Coleman, jazz critic Gary Giddins continually astonishes the reader with his unparalleled insight. Writing with the grace and wit that have endeared his prose to Village Voice readers for decades, Giddins also widens the scope of jazz to include such crucial American musicians as Irving Berlin, Rosemary Clooney, and Frank Sinatra, all primarily pop performers who are often dismissed by fans and critics as mere derivatives of the true jazz idiom. And he devotes an entire quarter of this landmark volume to young, still-active jazz artists, boldly expanding the horizons of jazz--and charting and exploring the music's influences as no other book has done. |
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... Young ( Westward Ho ! and Back ) 20 Jimmy Rushing ( Swinging the Blues ) 21 Roy Eldridge ( Jazz ) 22 Ella Fitzgerald ( Joy ) 196 Artie Shaw ( Cinderella's Last Stand ) 204 24 Budd Johnson ( Chameleon ) 210 214 220 25 Bobby Hackett ...
... Young ( Westward Ho ! and Back ) 20 Jimmy Rushing ( Swinging the Blues ) 21 Roy Eldridge ( Jazz ) 22 Ella Fitzgerald ( Joy ) 196 Artie Shaw ( Cinderella's Last Stand ) 204 24 Budd Johnson ( Chameleon ) 210 214 220 25 Bobby Hackett ...
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... young , for by the time he was seven or eight he was placed in care of his aunt , the fabled madam Lulu White , whose business establishment , Mahogany Hall , he likewise immortal- ized . There he began to mimic the piano playing of ...
... young , for by the time he was seven or eight he was placed in care of his aunt , the fabled madam Lulu White , whose business establishment , Mahogany Hall , he likewise immortal- ized . There he began to mimic the piano playing of ...
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... young , attractive , light- skinned women since Hollywood would not allot them love - interest roles , unless the story concerned a doomed mulatto ; with people like Jeanne Crain and Mel Ferrer playing light - skinned Negroes , not even ...
... young , attractive , light- skinned women since Hollywood would not allot them love - interest roles , unless the story concerned a doomed mulatto ; with people like Jeanne Crain and Mel Ferrer playing light - skinned Negroes , not even ...
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... young Bunk frequently contended . Even with false teeth ( Russell and the other revivalists put his dental bills where their mouths were ) , his timbre is unmistakable , as are his sus- tained notes and his plaintive lyricism - for ...
... young Bunk frequently contended . Even with false teeth ( Russell and the other revivalists put his dental bills where their mouths were ) , his timbre is unmistakable , as are his sus- tained notes and his plaintive lyricism - for ...
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A POPULAR MUSIC | 151 |
A MODERN MUSIC | 231 |
A MAINSTREAM MUSIC | 337 |
AN ALTERNATIVE MUSIC | 437 |
A STRUGGLING MUSIC | 527 |
A TRADITIONAL MUSIC | 585 |
Acknowledgments | 655 |
Index of Names | 657 |
Index of Songs and Selected Albums | 671 |
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