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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... solo , an unmistakable trumpet call - to freedom in life . If the flip side had been a similar piece or an ordinary ballad , the record would - despite Armstrong's saves - have limited meaning . But " Darling Nellie Gray " was one of ...
... solo , an unmistakable trumpet call - to freedom in life . If the flip side had been a similar piece or an ordinary ballad , the record would - despite Armstrong's saves - have limited meaning . But " Darling Nellie Gray " was one of ...
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... solo , glued by a pet lick Johnson can't seem to shake . But the tempo is vital and the direction is sure and forthright . Bunk's tone is surprisingly mellow , even cool , just as witnesses to the young Bunk frequently contended . Even ...
... solo , glued by a pet lick Johnson can't seem to shake . But the tempo is vital and the direction is sure and forthright . Bunk's tone is surprisingly mellow , even cool , just as witnesses to the young Bunk frequently contended . Even ...
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... solo , initially recorded in 1923. In that performance , the stomp aspect is muted , yet the piece demonstrates a rapprochement with Tin Pan Alley in combining two sixteen - bar strains with a closing thirty- two bar chorus . When he ...
... solo , initially recorded in 1923. In that performance , the stomp aspect is muted , yet the piece demonstrates a rapprochement with Tin Pan Alley in combining two sixteen - bar strains with a closing thirty- two bar chorus . When he ...
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... solo trumpet , and the third for clarinets , which leads to a reprise of the ensemble episode . Other high - water marks are " Sidewalk Blues , " which employs stop- time ( the articulation of some beats and not others ) , ensemble ...
... solo trumpet , and the third for clarinets , which leads to a reprise of the ensemble episode . Other high - water marks are " Sidewalk Blues , " which employs stop- time ( the articulation of some beats and not others ) , ensemble ...
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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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