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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... ( using scales instead of chords ) in a theoretical treatise that he says was inspired by a casual remark the eighteen - year - old Miles Davis made to him in 1944 : " Miles said that he wanted to learn all the changes and Introduction 5 ...
... ( using scales instead of chords ) in a theoretical treatise that he says was inspired by a casual remark the eighteen - year - old Miles Davis made to him in 1944 : " Miles said that he wanted to learn all the changes and Introduction 5 ...
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... chord . " His concept , published as the Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization , is based on a perfect cycle of ... chords and scales that would foster a fresh approach to harmony . Davis pop- ularized those liberating ideas in ...
... chord . " His concept , published as the Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization , is based on a perfect cycle of ... chords and scales that would foster a fresh approach to harmony . Davis pop- ularized those liberating ideas in ...
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... chords of " Muskrat Ramble . " I have organized my material under eight general headings that might apply to the evolution of any art . My intention was to get away from the temporal and generic groupings — the King Oliver begat Louis ...
... chords of " Muskrat Ramble . " I have organized my material under eight general headings that might apply to the evolution of any art . My intention was to get away from the temporal and generic groupings — the King Oliver begat Louis ...
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... chords and backbeats , and the ' 90s produced several examples . Nat Adderley , brother of Cannonball , the patron saint of the soul - hymn movement , issued two entertaining albums to mark the con- nection : Good Company ( Challenge ) ...
... chords and backbeats , and the ' 90s produced several examples . Nat Adderley , brother of Cannonball , the patron saint of the soul - hymn movement , issued two entertaining albums to mark the con- nection : Good Company ( Challenge ) ...
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... chords had become highly sophisticated , sometimes to the point of virtually disguising the tonic- subdominant - dominant relationship ( an especially favorite ploy of Miles Davis's , for example , " Sippin ' at Bells , " " Israel ...
... chords had become highly sophisticated , sometimes to the point of virtually disguising the tonic- subdominant - dominant relationship ( an especially favorite ploy of Miles Davis's , for example , " Sippin ' at Bells , " " Israel ...
Contenido
3 | |
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67 | |
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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