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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... swing era , for various soul movements in jazz at midcentury . If sacred music , black and white , has inspired composers as diverse as Kern , Duke Ellington , Charles Ives , Aaron Copland , and Virgil Thompson , it has also generated ...
... swing era , for various soul movements in jazz at midcentury . If sacred music , black and white , has inspired composers as diverse as Kern , Duke Ellington , Charles Ives , Aaron Copland , and Virgil Thompson , it has also generated ...
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... Swing Low , Sweet Cadillac " -hard bop is one way to cut the deacon down to size . Steal Away is something different ... swings into time for improvisations that sustain the initial aura while probing a still deeper level . The material ...
... Swing Low , Sweet Cadillac " -hard bop is one way to cut the deacon down to size . Steal Away is something different ... swings into time for improvisations that sustain the initial aura while probing a still deeper level . The material ...
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... swing . When I get the swing , songs come easy . " Five years later , in 1920 , he gave The American Magazine his " nine rules for writing popular songs " : ( 1 ) The melody must be in the range of the average voice ; ( 2 ) The title ...
... swing . When I get the swing , songs come easy . " Five years later , in 1920 , he gave The American Magazine his " nine rules for writing popular songs " : ( 1 ) The melody must be in the range of the average voice ; ( 2 ) The title ...
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... swing the song ; by jazz standards , she often didn't swing at all ( though she swing's like mad on some records , like " Heebie Jeebies " ) , but her rhythmic sensitivity and buoyancy were acute . There's a touch of Al Jolson on " Oh ...
... swing the song ; by jazz standards , she often didn't swing at all ( though she swing's like mad on some records , like " Heebie Jeebies " ) , but her rhythmic sensitivity and buoyancy were acute . There's a touch of Al Jolson on " Oh ...
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... swing . Jim Little's tuba ( bonded with bassist Alcide " Slow Drag " Pavageau , banjoist Lawrence Marrero , and drummer Baby Dodds ) is especially win- ning ; he floats the ensemble . Bunk's seven - piece band ( George Lewis and ...
... swing . Jim Little's tuba ( bonded with bassist Alcide " Slow Drag " Pavageau , banjoist Lawrence Marrero , and drummer Baby Dodds ) is especially win- ning ; he floats the ensemble . Bunk's seven - piece band ( George Lewis and ...
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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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