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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... later claimed the address to have been the notorious Basin Street , which he so successfully transfigured in song ( " The band's there to meet us / Old friends to greet us / Where all the light and the dark folks meet / This is Basin ...
... later claimed the address to have been the notorious Basin Street , which he so successfully transfigured in song ( " The band's there to meet us / Old friends to greet us / Where all the light and the dark folks meet / This is Basin ...
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... Later that year , they set up shop in New York . Willie " The Lion " Smith once called Clarence the first big New Or- leans influence to hit New York and credited him with giving a start to James P. Johnson , Fats Waller , himself , and ...
... Later that year , they set up shop in New York . Willie " The Lion " Smith once called Clarence the first big New Or- leans influence to hit New York and credited him with giving a start to James P. Johnson , Fats Waller , himself , and ...
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... Later that year , Spencer was in trouble , perjuring himself on behalf of his friend Perry Bradford , who had been sued for publishing a tune owned by someone else . Bradford served four months for suborning perjury ; Williams walked ...
... Later that year , Spencer was in trouble , perjuring himself on behalf of his friend Perry Bradford , who had been sued for publishing a tune owned by someone else . Bradford served four months for suborning perjury ; Williams walked ...
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... 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 lack of dis- crimination and lack of Prohibition and by the generous ...
... 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 lack of dis- crimination and lack of Prohibition and by the generous ...
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... later , French pianist Alain Romans would tell Chris Goddard : Spencer had a big round face like sunshine . He was always smiling and had a little cigar . He and Fats were very funny people . They used to call us white musicians " ofays ...
... later , French pianist Alain Romans would tell Chris Goddard : Spencer had a big round face like sunshine . He was always smiling and had a little cigar . He and Fats were very funny people . They used to call us white musicians " ofays ...
Contenido
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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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