Visions of Jazz: The First Century

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Oxford University Press, 1998 - 690 páginas
Already a jazz classic, Gary Giddins' Visions of Jazz: The First Century contains no less than 78 chapters illuminating the lives of virtually all major figures in jazz history.
From Louis Armstrong's renegade style trumpet playing to Frank Sinatra's intimate crooning, jazz critic Gary Giddins continually astonishes us with his unparalleled insight. In just a few lines, he captures the essence of Louis Armstrong, "He could telegraph with a growl or a rolling of his eyes his independence, confidence, and security. As the embodiment of jazz, he made jazz the embodiment of the individual." Giddins maintains, contrary to the opinion of most jazz enthusiasts, that Armstrongs voice was as much an integral part of creating jazz singing as his trumpet was to creating jazz. Perhaps the most remarkable chapters in the book are those that do pay tribute to the great jazz singers. Billie Holiday profoundly impacted music history, and Giddins eloquently honors her "gutted voice, drawled phrasing, and wayworn features." Many artists, such as Irving Berlin and Rosemary Clooney, have been traditionally dismissed by fans and critics as merely popular derivatives of true jazz. Giddins finally opens the doors of jazz to include these musicians. In addition to this, he devotes an entire quarter of this volume to young, active jazz artists. No other book has so boldly expanded the horizon of jazz and its influences.
Visions of Jazz is an evocative journey through the first one hundred years of jazz that will captivate--and challenge--musicians, music critics, and music lovers.

Contenido

Introduction
3
PRECURSORS
11
Bert WilliamsAl Jolson Native Wits
13
Hank JonesCharlie Haden Come Sunday
19
Louis ArmstrongMills Brothers Signifying
23
W C Handy Birth of the Blues
27
Irving Berlin Ragging the Alley
31
Spencer Williams The Bard of Basin Street
45
Art Blakey Jazz Messenger
365
Billie Holiday Lady of Pain
368
Modern Jazz Quartet The First Forty Years
376
Nat King Cole The Comeback King
402
Stan Getz Seasons
407
Sonny Rollins The Muse Is Heard
413
Dinah Washington The Queen
425
Rahsaan Roland Kirk OneMan Band
431

Ethel Waters The Mother of Us All
51
Bunk JohnsonGeorge Lewis Pithecanthropus Jazzman
59
A NEW MUSIC
67
Jelly Roll Morton Red Hot Dandy
69
King Oliver Working Man Blues
77
Louis Armstrong The Once and Future King
83
The Poker Game
102
Coleman Hawkins Patriarch
118
Pee Wee Russell Seer
130
Chick Webb King of the Savoy
137
Fats Waller Comedy Tonight
143
A POPULAR MUSIC
151
Benny Goodman The Mirror of Swing
153
Jimmie Lunceford For Listeners Too
162
Count BasieLester Young Westward Ho and Back
170
Jimmy Rushing Swinging the Blues
184
Roy Eldridge Jazz
188
Ella Fitzgerald Joy
196
Artie Shaw Cinderellas Last Stand
204
Budd Johnson Chameleon
210
Bobby Hackett Muzak Man
214
Frank Sinatra The Ultimate in Theater
220
A MODERN MUSIC
231
The Enlightenment
233
Billy Strayhorn Passion Flower
252
Spike Jones Chasin the Birdaphone
257
Charlie Parker Flying Home
261
Dizzy Gillespie The Coup and After
283
Sarah Vaughan Divine
298
Thelonious Monk Rhythmaning
308
Bud Powell Strictly Confidential
318
Chico OFarrill North of the Border
324
Stan Kenton Big
327
Dexter Gordon Resurgence
330
A MAINSTREAM MUSIC
337
Miles Davis Kinds of Blues
339
Gerry Mulligan Beyond Cool
355
AN ALTERNATIVE MUSIC
437
Art Tatum Sui Generis
439
Charles Mingus Bigger Than Death
444
Cecil Taylor Outer Curve
455
Ornette Coleman This Is Our Music
467
John Coltrane Metamorphosis
476
At the Pulpit
490
Muhal Richard Abrams Meet This Composer
501
Roscoe MitchellMarty Ehrlich The Audience
509
Henry Threadgill The Big Top
513
Charles GayleDavid S WareMatthew Shipp Sweet Agony
522
A STRUGGLING MUSIC
527
Hannibal Peterson Out of Africa
529
Jimmy Rowles The Late Hurrah
533
John Carter American Echoes
538
Dee Dee Bridgewater Back Home Again
544
Julius Hemphill Gothams Minstrel
547
Don Pullen Last Connections
551
Gary Bartz The Middle Passage
558
David Murray Profuse
562
Dave Burrell Brotherly Love
572
Abbey Lincoln Strong Wind Blowing
575
A TRADITIONAL MUSIC
585
Randy Weston Afrobeats
587
Rosemary Clooney Going Her Way
593
Joe Henderson Tributes
601
Tommy Flanagan Standards and Practices
606
Joe Lovano The Long Apprenticeship
613
Geri AllenJacky Terrasson The Parameters of Hip
618
Joshua Redman Tenor of the Times
622
Stephen Scott Taking Time
628
James Carter All of the Above
630
Louis ArmstrongNicholas Payton Interpreted
634
Cassandra Wilson A Different Songbook
641
Don Byron Musically Correct
646
Acknowledgments
655
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Gary Giddins is the jazz critic for the Village Voice. Two of his previous books, Riding on a Blue Note and Rhythm-a-ning, are available from Oxford.

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