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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... wrote so many of them . On the other hand , Stephen Foster , whose music embodied the widespread belief that for- mer slaves spent the rest of their lives longing for the resumption of slavehood , remains a popular brand name , like ...
... wrote so many of them . On the other hand , Stephen Foster , whose music embodied the widespread belief that for- mer slaves spent the rest of their lives longing for the resumption of slavehood , remains a popular brand name , like ...
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... wrote " In the Evening By the Moonlight " and " Oh Dem Golden Slippers " as well ) , was black . “ Darling Nellie Gray " was composed by a white twenty - two - year - old minister , Benjamin Hanby , to aid the abolitionists . His tune ...
... wrote " In the Evening By the Moonlight " and " Oh Dem Golden Slippers " as well ) , was black . “ Darling Nellie Gray " was composed by a white twenty - two - year - old minister , Benjamin Hanby , to aid the abolitionists . His tune ...
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... wrote of Homer , Armstrong's art " is like a copious nursery which contains the seeds and first productions of every kind , out of which those who followed him have but selected some particular plants . " 4 W. C. Handy ( Birth of the ...
... wrote of Homer , Armstrong's art " is like a copious nursery which contains the seeds and first productions of every kind , out of which those who followed him have but selected some particular plants . " 4 W. C. Handy ( Birth of the ...
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... Memphis Blues ' the go - by , " he wrote . In the days when sixteen - bar strains were the norm , Handy's tune was considered to " lack completeness . " The disreputable publishers X and Z finally brought out the song in 28 Precursors.
... Memphis Blues ' the go - by , " he wrote . In the days when sixteen - bar strains were the norm , Handy's tune was considered to " lack completeness . " The disreputable publishers X and Z finally brought out the song in 28 Precursors.
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... wrote in regard to " Memphis Blues , " " already used by Negro roustabouts , honky - tonk piano players , wanderers and others of their underprivileged but un- daunted class from Missouri to the Gulf , and had become a common medium ...
... wrote in regard to " Memphis Blues , " " already used by Negro roustabouts , honky - tonk piano players , wanderers and others of their underprivileged but un- daunted class from Missouri to the Gulf , and had become a common medium ...
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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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