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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... Billy Strayhorn ( Passion Flower ) 29 Spike Jones ( Chasin ' the Birdaphone ) 30 Charlie Parker ( Flying Home ) 233 252 257 261 31 Dizzy Gillespie ( The Coup and After ) 32 Sarah Vaughan ( Divine ) 283 298 33 Thelonious Monk ( Rhythm ...
... Billy Strayhorn ( Passion Flower ) 29 Spike Jones ( Chasin ' the Birdaphone ) 30 Charlie Parker ( Flying Home ) 233 252 257 261 31 Dizzy Gillespie ( The Coup and After ) 32 Sarah Vaughan ( Divine ) 283 298 33 Thelonious Monk ( Rhythm ...
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... Billy Eckstine and Sarah Vaughan , Connee Boswell , and Tony Bennett , among others . More surprisingly , Berlin was the only golden age songwriter whose work frequently turned up in the early years of rock and roll : the Ravens's ...
... Billy Eckstine and Sarah Vaughan , Connee Boswell , and Tony Bennett , among others . More surprisingly , Berlin was the only golden age songwriter whose work frequently turned up in the early years of rock and roll : the Ravens's ...
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... Billy Graham's crusades . But before that she was a radiant jewel of the " jazz age " —a brilliantly witty , sassy , and subtle singer of pop songs— and one of the most fascinating aspects of her career is that the vaude- ville trouper ...
... Billy Graham's crusades . But before that she was a radiant jewel of the " jazz age " —a brilliantly witty , sassy , and subtle singer of pop songs— and one of the most fascinating aspects of her career is that the vaude- ville trouper ...
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... Billy Graham ; her second volume of autobiography , published in 1973 , is called To Me It's Wonderful . Yet the records are still there , as are the movies , though infrequently shown , and the first book continues to be reprinted ...
... Billy Graham ; her second volume of autobiography , published in 1973 , is called To Me It's Wonderful . Yet the records are still there , as are the movies , though infrequently shown , and the first book continues to be reprinted ...
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... Billy Eckstine band as music director . For the next five years , Johnson and Gillespie were jazz's oil and wa- ter . The old man from New Iberia , who claimed to have played with Buddy Bolden and was consequently declared the missing ...
... Billy Eckstine band as music director . For the next five years , Johnson and Gillespie were jazz's oil and wa- ter . The old man from New Iberia , who claimed to have played with Buddy Bolden and was consequently declared the missing ...
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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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