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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... release of Steal Away : Spirituals , Hymns and Folk Song ( Verve ) , a magically affecting album by Hank Jones and Charlie Haden , it is difficult to be- lieve he didn't enjoy more than a fleeting acquaintance with Hank Jones / Charlie ...
... release of Steal Away : Spirituals , Hymns and Folk Song ( Verve ) , a magically affecting album by Hank Jones and Charlie Haden , it is difficult to be- lieve he didn't enjoy more than a fleeting acquaintance with Hank Jones / Charlie ...
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... release : There's where I labored so hard for dear ol ' massa Day after day in the fields of yellow corn No place on earth do I love more sincerely Then old Virginny , the state where I was born . Armstrong , whose first entrance serves ...
... release : There's where I labored so hard for dear ol ' massa Day after day in the fields of yellow corn No place on earth do I love more sincerely Then old Virginny , the state where I was born . Armstrong , whose first entrance serves ...
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... release , he changes " dear ol ' massa " to " old master , " carefully enunciating the consonants . ( When Ray Charles recorded the song in 1960 , he obviated the problem by changing the first line to " That's where this heart of mine ...
... release , he changes " dear ol ' massa " to " old master , " carefully enunciating the consonants . ( When Ray Charles recorded the song in 1960 , he obviated the problem by changing the first line to " That's where this heart of mine ...
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... releases . The lyric begins midsentence ( " Heav- en , I'm in heaven " ) and swallows its own tale after the second release ( " The charm about you will carry me through to ... / Heaven " ) . Top Hat was Berlin's personal favorite among ...
... releases . The lyric begins midsentence ( " Heav- en , I'm in heaven " ) and swallows its own tale after the second release ( " The charm about you will carry me through to ... / Heaven " ) . Top Hat was Berlin's personal favorite among ...
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... Naturally , " which is fitted with a dual - release to break up the nattering main melody . Annie is all pretense , greasepaint , and costume , a point Berlin emphasizes brazenly in the score's most inspired Irving Berlin 43.
... Naturally , " which is fitted with a dual - release to break up the nattering main melody . Annie is all pretense , greasepaint , and costume , a point Berlin emphasizes brazenly in the score's most inspired Irving Berlin 43.
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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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