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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... pianist pulling it off . Only a mu- sician of exceptional maturity would be inclined to hold his technique at bay in theme statements that draw their power from basic harmonies , foursquare rhythms , and a stately resolve to honor the ...
... pianist pulling it off . Only a mu- sician of exceptional maturity would be inclined to hold his technique at bay in theme statements that draw their power from basic harmonies , foursquare rhythms , and a stately resolve to honor the ...
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... pianist who can't resist flashing over the keys to cover a lapse in thought . It's gentle , deep , and often starkly beautiful , and it underscores a fundamental ingredient in the spiritual life of jazz . 3 ❖ Louis Armstrong / Mills ...
... pianist who can't resist flashing over the keys to cover a lapse in thought . It's gentle , deep , and often starkly beautiful , and it underscores a fundamental ingredient in the spiritual life of jazz . 3 ❖ Louis Armstrong / Mills ...
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... pianist named Lukie Johnson also worked . Berlin was in an ideal setting for soaking up every kind of ethnic song - black , Jewish , Irish , Italian - as well as the highly sentimentalized Tin Pan Alley product . After hours , he learn ...
... pianist named Lukie Johnson also worked . Berlin was in an ideal setting for soaking up every kind of ethnic song - black , Jewish , Irish , Italian - as well as the highly sentimentalized Tin Pan Alley product . After hours , he learn ...
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... pianist , and songwriter , who had toured as a blackface minstrel after running away from home , then opened a cabaret on Rampart Street and set himself up , or so he claimed , as the first black song publisher in New Orleans . By the ...
... pianist , and songwriter , who had toured as a blackface minstrel after running away from home , then opened a cabaret on Rampart Street and set himself up , or so he claimed , as the first black song publisher in New Orleans . By the ...
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... pianist and singer who performed simply as Hutch and , on one occasion , entertained at a party for the Prince of Wales . No sooner did he return home than Ellington recorded the definitive version of " Tishomingo Blues . ” In 1929 ...
... pianist and singer who performed simply as Hutch and , on one occasion , entertained at a party for the Prince of Wales . No sooner did he return home than Ellington recorded the definitive version of " Tishomingo Blues . ” In 1929 ...
Contenido
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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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