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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... debut of Le Sacre du printemps now seem quaintly admirable in their concern . In the age of the Three Tenors , when superstar virtuosos record themes from Oscar - winning movies ( a task previously left to studio hacks ) , the concert ...
... debut of Le Sacre du printemps now seem quaintly admirable in their concern . In the age of the Three Tenors , when superstar virtuosos record themes from Oscar - winning movies ( a task previously left to studio hacks ) , the concert ...
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... debut ) , Mark Whitfield , Chris- tian McBride , and Kevin Mahogany . It's a well - played , conventional set that derives its distinction from themes loosely associated with Sunday morning , including Ellington's supreme contribution ...
... debut ) , Mark Whitfield , Chris- tian McBride , and Kevin Mahogany . It's a well - played , conventional set that derives its distinction from themes loosely associated with Sunday morning , including Ellington's supreme contribution ...
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... debuted to extraordinary accolades at the Theater des Champs Elysées and later played Brussels and Berlin . In London , in 1926 Spencer met a singer named Pat Castleton , whom he would marry ten years later . He was intoxicated by the ...
... debuted to extraordinary accolades at the Theater des Champs Elysées and later played Brussels and Berlin . In London , in 1926 Spencer met a singer named Pat Castleton , whom he would marry ten years later . He was intoxicated by the ...
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... debuted at the Nora Bayes Theater ) . Those early collaborations are wonderfully eager and spirited - Wa- ters was more the scintillating entertainer out to kill the audience than the jazz singer inviting the audience into her own ...
... debuted at the Nora Bayes Theater ) . Those early collaborations are wonderfully eager and spirited - Wa- ters was more the scintillating entertainer out to kill the audience than the jazz singer inviting the audience into her own ...
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... debut foreshadowed the coming of the great jazz singers who would make Waters's own records date prematurely . Broadway was beckoning . Waters's career is rather neatly packaged in decades -- she was a record- ing star in the ' 20s , a ...
... debut foreshadowed the coming of the great jazz singers who would make Waters's own records date prematurely . Broadway was beckoning . Waters's career is rather neatly packaged in decades -- she was a record- ing star in the ' 20s , a ...
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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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