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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The First Century Gary Giddins. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Oxford New York Athens Auckland Bangkok Bogotá Buenos Aires Calcutta Cape Town Chennai Dar es Salaam Delhi Florence Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico ...
The First Century Gary Giddins. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Oxford New York Athens Auckland Bangkok Bogotá Buenos Aires Calcutta Cape Town Chennai Dar es Salaam Delhi Florence Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico ...
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... York . By the time Duke Ellington issued modernity's coup de grace with his 1927 triumph at the Cotton Club , four / four rhythms with accents on the downbeats were ubiquitous . It remained only for a few white aco- lytes to spread the ...
... York . By the time Duke Ellington issued modernity's coup de grace with his 1927 triumph at the Cotton Club , four / four rhythms with accents on the downbeats were ubiquitous . It remained only for a few white aco- lytes to spread the ...
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... York via a triumphant radio stint in Cincinnati in 1929. Soon they were touring the country , recording prolifically ( team- ing up with such white stars as Bing Crosby , the Boswell Sisters , and Al Jolson ) , and appearing in films ...
... York via a triumphant radio stint in Cincinnati in 1929. Soon they were touring the country , recording prolifically ( team- ing up with such white stars as Bing Crosby , the Boswell Sisters , and Al Jolson ) , and appearing in films ...
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... York Evening Journal . He moved his mother and siblings to a larger apartment . From that point , despite a series of tragedies and even occasional per- iods of writer's block , Berlin's career appears to have rolled along with the ...
... York Evening Journal . He moved his mother and siblings to a larger apartment . From that point , despite a series of tragedies and even occasional per- iods of writer's block , Berlin's career appears to have rolled along with the ...
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... melodic strength is char- acteristic of many Berlin songs and not of Joplin's rags . The important point is that New York's Lower East Side may not have produced an economic or cultural melting pot , but it did produce 36 Precursors.
... melodic strength is char- acteristic of many Berlin songs and not of Joplin's rags . The important point is that New York's Lower East Side may not have produced an economic or cultural melting pot , but it did produce 36 Precursors.
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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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