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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... Oliver ( Working Man Blues ) 11 Louis Armstrong ( The Once and Future King ) 12 Duke Ellington ( Part 1 : The Poker Game ) 69 77 83 102 13 Coleman Hawkins ( Patriarch ) 118 14 Pee Wee Russell ( Seer ) 130 15 Chick Webb ( King of the ...
... Oliver ( Working Man Blues ) 11 Louis Armstrong ( The Once and Future King ) 12 Duke Ellington ( Part 1 : The Poker Game ) 69 77 83 102 13 Coleman Hawkins ( Patriarch ) 118 14 Pee Wee Russell ( Seer ) 130 15 Chick Webb ( King of the ...
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... Oliver begat Louis Arm- strong who begat Roy Eldridge who begat Dizzy Gillespie who begat Miles Davis has to be winnowed for these hot - spot surveys . Oliver goes because pre - electric records are hard to hear , then Eldridge because ...
... Oliver begat Louis Arm- strong who begat Roy Eldridge who begat Dizzy Gillespie who begat Miles Davis has to be winnowed for these hot - spot surveys . Oliver goes because pre - electric records are hard to hear , then Eldridge because ...
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... Oliver begat Louis Arm- strong rendition . I have no quarrel with it , nor with the idea of jazz as a distinct art with a consistent body of work and decisive parameters . My quarrel is with absoluteness and certainty . Inevitably , the ...
... Oliver begat Louis Arm- strong rendition . I have no quarrel with it , nor with the idea of jazz as a distinct art with a consistent body of work and decisive parameters . My quarrel is with absoluteness and certainty . Inevitably , the ...
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... Oliver and Louis Armstrong of New Orleans con- jured jazz in Chicago , while Fletcher Henderson and Don Redman , of Georgia and West Virginia , orchestrated it in New York . By the time Duke Ellington issued modernity's coup de grace ...
... Oliver and Louis Armstrong of New Orleans con- jured jazz in Chicago , while Fletcher Henderson and Don Redman , of Georgia and West Virginia , orchestrated it in New York . By the time Duke Ellington issued modernity's coup de grace ...
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... Oliver , became the King Lear of jazz revivalism . Bunk was past his prime , irascible when drunk , and fanciful in his recollections ; nor was he untouched by modern times - records and radio had long since penetrated Louisiana's veil ...
... Oliver , became the King Lear of jazz revivalism . Bunk was past his prime , irascible when drunk , and fanciful in his recollections ; nor was he untouched by modern times - records and radio had long since penetrated Louisiana's veil ...
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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