Visions of Jazz: The First CenturyOxford University Press, 1998 M10 22 - 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. terial is uncommonly interesting : three Irving Berlin gems ; a wry novelty about the WPA's impact on the Puritan work ethic ( " Sit Down and Smoke While You Joke , It's Okay - the WPA " ) ; Don Redman's ...
The First Century Gary Giddins. terial is uncommonly interesting : three Irving Berlin gems ; a wry novelty about the WPA's impact on the Puritan work ethic ( " Sit Down and Smoke While You Joke , It's Okay - the WPA " ) ; Don Redman's ...
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... Berlin and his " Alex- ander's Ragtime Band , " Handy was able to crystallize the musical mo- ment - Fitzgerald refers to his " Beale Street Blues " as an emblematic tune in The Great Gatsby . Handy was candid about what he brought to ...
... Berlin and his " Alex- ander's Ragtime Band , " Handy was able to crystallize the musical mo- ment - Fitzgerald refers to his " Beale Street Blues " as an emblematic tune in The Great Gatsby . Handy was candid about what he brought to ...
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... Berlin ( Ragging the Alley ) Six years before the American dream of empire sent doughboys " over there , ” a benign and more lastingly successful invasion had already been spearheaded by ... Berlin 31 5 Irving Berlin (Ragging the Alley)
... Berlin ( Ragging the Alley ) Six years before the American dream of empire sent doughboys " over there , ” a benign and more lastingly successful invasion had already been spearheaded by ... Berlin 31 5 Irving Berlin (Ragging the Alley)
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... Berlin was the progenitor of modern song - the agent of transition , who shaped the diverse strains of a fading . era into the representative art of a new one and made himself that new art's premiere practitioner . The nature of Berlin's ...
... Berlin was the progenitor of modern song - the agent of transition , who shaped the diverse strains of a fading . era into the representative art of a new one and made himself that new art's premiere practitioner . The nature of Berlin's ...
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... Berlin , who refused Hollywood's many importunities to film his life , was not yet twenty - six . Berlin's grasp of common taste was absolute in the decades before rock , when we embraced music with the earnest felicity of a people seek ...
... Berlin , who refused Hollywood's many importunities to film his life , was not yet twenty - six . Berlin's grasp of common taste was absolute in the decades before rock , when we embraced music with the earnest felicity of a people seek ...
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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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