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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... phrase , " to freedom condemned , " comes to mind ) and mean to cleanse jazz of impurities transmitted through contact with the European classics , American pop , new music , and other mongrel breeds . But this is merely what Walter ...
... phrase , " to freedom condemned , " comes to mind ) and mean to cleanse jazz of impurities transmitted through contact with the European classics , American pop , new music , and other mongrel breeds . But this is merely what Walter ...
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... phrase of " Muskrat Ramble . " Beethoven was also an impassioned improviser who knew heavy blues . But , of course , he had nothing to do with jazz . Yet one remembers it was written of Ellington in 1932 and 1943 that he had betrayed ...
... phrase of " Muskrat Ramble . " Beethoven was also an impassioned improviser who knew heavy blues . But , of course , he had nothing to do with jazz . Yet one remembers it was written of Ellington in 1932 and 1943 that he had betrayed ...
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... phrase , became associated with the dignified Negro and his low estate . As great trained voices like those of Paul Robeson and Marian Anderson performed spirituals in recitals , the political so- lemnity was underscored . ( At a ...
... phrase , became associated with the dignified Negro and his low estate . As great trained voices like those of Paul Robeson and Marian Anderson performed spirituals in recitals , the political so- lemnity was underscored . ( At a ...
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... phrase on the precision of his caricature : “ That's where my heart turns , Yowsah ! ... Know one thing ? My heart am still longin ' for the old plan- tation ... Hallelujah , hallelujah ... Oh , darkies ! " He ends speaking , " Well ...
... phrase on the precision of his caricature : “ That's where my heart turns , Yowsah ! ... Know one thing ? My heart am still longin ' for the old plan- tation ... Hallelujah , hallelujah ... Oh , darkies ! " He ends speaking , " Well ...
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... phrase that , in the wake of two world wars and Viet Nam , Berlin changed to " so natural that you want to hear some more . " He quickly followed it with " Everybody's Doing It Now , " and everybody was . In 1913 , Europe was ready to ...
... phrase that , in the wake of two world wars and Viet Nam , Berlin changed to " so natural that you want to hear some more . " He quickly followed it with " Everybody's Doing It Now , " and everybody was . In 1913 , Europe was ready to ...
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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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