Visions of Jazz: The First CenturyOxford University Press, 2000 M05 18 - 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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... love it , the perfect birthday present . " -Andrew Vine , Yorkshire Post ( Leeds ) " His fascination and ardour show ... loving listeners with no technical knowledge of the music might fear being overwhelmed by the author's close ...
... love it , the perfect birthday present . " -Andrew Vine , Yorkshire Post ( Leeds ) " His fascination and ardour show ... loving listeners with no technical knowledge of the music might fear being overwhelmed by the author's close ...
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... Love ) 529 533 538 544 547 551 558 562 572 575 67 Abbey Lincoln ( Strong Wind Blowing ) PART EIGHT : A TRADITIONAL MUSIC 68 Randy Weston ( Afrobeats ) 587 69 Rosemary Clooney ( Going Her Way ) 593 71 Tommy Flanagan ( Standards and ...
... Love ) 529 533 538 544 547 551 558 562 572 575 67 Abbey Lincoln ( Strong Wind Blowing ) PART EIGHT : A TRADITIONAL MUSIC 68 Randy Weston ( Afrobeats ) 587 69 Rosemary Clooney ( Going Her Way ) 593 71 Tommy Flanagan ( Standards and ...
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... loved Al Jolson , I still got all of his records . Even back when I was a kid I listened to him all the time . " Elvis's first record for the Sun label , " I Love You Because , " was a thinly disguised rewrite of a melody that ...
... loved Al Jolson , I still got all of his records . Even back when I was a kid I listened to him all the time . " Elvis's first record for the Sun label , " I Love You Because , " was a thinly disguised rewrite of a melody that ...
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... Love Supreme , and that , too , seems inseparable from the musician who created it . For all their incalculable influence , spirituals remain most potent in their purest form . A little religion goes a long way in the secular world ...
... Love Supreme , and that , too , seems inseparable from the musician who created it . For all their incalculable influence , spirituals remain most potent in their purest form . A little religion goes a long way in the secular world ...
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... love more sincerely Then old Virginny , the state where I was born . Armstrong , whose first entrance serves to introduce a scat figure that propels the piece immediately into double time , attacks the song with creative relish , but he ...
... love more sincerely Then old Virginny , the state where I was born . Armstrong , whose first entrance serves to introduce a scat figure that propels the piece immediately into double time , attacks the song with creative relish , but he ...
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A NEW MUSIC | 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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