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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... melodies or interesting harmonies and tended to be grievously sentimental . Two years after " When I Lost You , " Kern's " They Didn't Believe Me ” brought decisive and unmistakable ... melody that gnaws at the listener , 38 Precursors.
... melodies or interesting harmonies and tended to be grievously sentimental . Two years after " When I Lost You , " Kern's " They Didn't Believe Me ” brought decisive and unmistakable ... melody that gnaws at the listener , 38 Precursors.
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... melody [ this in 1912 ] or a sudden twist which will make an impression on the public mind . " But will such songs live ? " I think so . At least they'll live 10 years - that's long enough for me . " Berlin collaborated with Justus ...
... melody [ this in 1912 ] or a sudden twist which will make an impression on the public mind . " But will such songs live ? " I think so . At least they'll live 10 years - that's long enough for me . " Berlin collaborated with Justus ...
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... melody but had an idea in the lyric that Berlin would make memorable two years later in one of his finest songs , " How Deep Is the Ocean ? " Back on Broadway , in Face the Music and As Thousands Cheer , he unveiled " Soft Lights and ...
... melody but had an idea in the lyric that Berlin would make memorable two years later in one of his finest songs , " How Deep Is the Ocean ? " Back on Broadway , in Face the Music and As Thousands Cheer , he unveiled " Soft Lights and ...
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... melodic refrain or lyric in Annie Get Your Gun fails to deliver something unusual and memorable . With Ethel Merman ... melody . Annie is all pretense , greasepaint , and costume , a point Berlin emphasizes brazenly in the score's most ...
... melodic refrain or lyric in Annie Get Your Gun fails to deliver something unusual and memorable . With Ethel Merman ... melody . Annie is all pretense , greasepaint , and costume , a point Berlin emphasizes brazenly in the score's most ...
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... melody that Fats had adopted from a bawdy old ditty called " The Boy in the Boat . " The adaptation , " Squeeze Me , " became Waller's first hit , though Clarence claimed the credit . Maybe the credit didn't matter much . The First ...
... melody that Fats had adopted from a bawdy old ditty called " The Boy in the Boat . " The adaptation , " Squeeze Me , " became Waller's first hit , though Clarence claimed the credit . Maybe the credit didn't matter much . The First ...
Contenido
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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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