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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... composer . At the close of that evening - which presented Vernon and Irene Castle dancing to “ The Syncopated Rag , " a splashy number ( sev- enteen pages of music ) called " Opera Burlesque , " and a new kind of song , " Play a Simple ...
... composer . At the close of that evening - which presented Vernon and Irene Castle dancing to “ The Syncopated Rag , " a splashy number ( sev- enteen pages of music ) called " Opera Burlesque , " and a new kind of song , " Play a Simple ...
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... composer who eventually produced " All Alone , " " What'll I Do , " " How About Me ? " " Remember , ” “ How Deep Is the Ocean ? ” and “ They Say It's Wonderful , " among many others , it represented a personal and pro- fessional ...
... composer who eventually produced " All Alone , " " What'll I Do , " " How About Me ? " " Remember , ” “ How Deep Is the Ocean ? ” and “ They Say It's Wonderful , " among many others , it represented a personal and pro- fessional ...
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... composer who said his songs must please him first , Berlin told Max Wilk , " I write a song to please the public — and if the public doesn't like it in New Haven , I change it ! " As Wilder admiringly demonstrates , what is wholly ...
... composer who said his songs must please him first , Berlin told Max Wilk , " I write a song to please the public — and if the public doesn't like it in New Haven , I change it ! " As Wilder admiringly demonstrates , what is wholly ...
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... composer . Berlin wrote four annual reviews , with such numbers as " Say It With Music , " " Everybody Step , " " Pack Up Your Sins " ( the wittiest of his contrapuntal songs ) , and “ The Schoolhouse Blues . " Oddly , some of his best ...
... composer . Berlin wrote four annual reviews , with such numbers as " Say It With Music , " " Everybody Step , " " Pack Up Your Sins " ( the wittiest of his contrapuntal songs ) , and “ The Schoolhouse Blues . " Oddly , some of his best ...
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... composers now embedded in a Golden Age pantheon that generally admits of only three African Americans ( W. C. Handy , Duke Ellington , and Fats Wal- ler ) . Yet other songs of universal distinction are so completely sundered from their ...
... composers now embedded in a Golden Age pantheon that generally admits of only three African Americans ( W. C. Handy , Duke Ellington , and Fats Wal- ler ) . Yet other songs of universal distinction are so completely sundered from their ...
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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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