Visions of Jazz: The First CenturyOxford 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 |
Derechos de autor | |