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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... song , have fared with hymns , one wonders why they haven't borrowed from other ex - slaves with a cannier ear for the pentatonic scale . In pop , of course , they have . One of Jerome Kern's breakthrough songs , " Look for the Silver ...
... song , have fared with hymns , one wonders why they haven't borrowed from other ex - slaves with a cannier ear for the pentatonic scale . In pop , of course , they have . One of Jerome Kern's breakthrough songs , " Look for the Silver ...
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... song , " in W. E. B. DuBois's phrase , became associated with the dignified Negro and his low estate . As great ... songs with anthropological brio , the songs began to take on a childlike and sometimes childish character . No longer the ...
... song , " in W. E. B. DuBois's phrase , became associated with the dignified Negro and his low estate . As great ... songs with anthropological brio , the songs began to take on a childlike and sometimes childish character . No longer the ...
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... song , a kids ' song , but an expression of glee at a slaveowner's death . What makes the song chilling is that massa isn't made out to be wicked ; he isn't characterized at all , except as massa ― reason enough to crack corn in ...
... song , a kids ' song , but an expression of glee at a slaveowner's death . What makes the song chilling is that massa isn't made out to be wicked ; he isn't characterized at all , except as massa ― reason enough to crack corn in ...
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... song in 1940 , a decision hotly con- tested in 1997 . What kind of song is it ? A nostalgic minstrel expression of mourning for the Old South , for massa and the plantation . The melody is haunt- ingly beautiful , and the structure ...
... song in 1940 , a decision hotly con- tested in 1997 . What kind of song is it ? A nostalgic minstrel expression of mourning for the Old South , for massa and the plantation . The melody is haunt- ingly beautiful , and the structure ...
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... song in 1960 , he obviated the problem by changing the first line to " That's where this heart of mine yet longs to go " and omitted the release , replacing it with a new chorus about finding freedom in death . ) Perhaps Armstrong's ...
... song in 1960 , he obviated the problem by changing the first line to " That's where this heart of mine yet longs to go " and omitted the release , replacing it with a new chorus about finding freedom in death . ) Perhaps Armstrong's ...
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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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