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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... singing contest at the Manhattan Casino that was attended by Governor Miller , future Mayor LaGuardia , Caru- so's widow , and Irene Castle . Hegamin came in second to Trixie Smith , who sang an original . Later that year , Spencer was ...
... singing contest at the Manhattan Casino that was attended by Governor Miller , future Mayor LaGuardia , Caru- so's widow , and Irene Castle . Hegamin came in second to Trixie Smith , who sang an original . Later that year , Spencer was ...
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... singing the blues . " The same thing had been said of her in 1921 , when she cut her first big records with mostly blues - tinged material ; the journalistic sophism that makes all black singers blues singers is apparently deathless ...
... singing the blues . " The same thing had been said of her in 1921 , when she cut her first big records with mostly blues - tinged material ; the journalistic sophism that makes all black singers blues singers is apparently deathless ...
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The First Century Gary Giddins. neglected her singing in favor of her Broadway and Hollywood success- es , furthering the prevailing notion that she is a historical figure remem- bered chiefly for her acting . Waters's singing has long ...
The First Century Gary Giddins. neglected her singing in favor of her Broadway and Hollywood success- es , furthering the prevailing notion that she is a historical figure remem- bered chiefly for her acting . Waters's singing has long ...
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... singers ; she called them " shouters " and was thrilled to eventually earn the epithet " the Ebony Nora Bayes , " for Bayes - the composer of " Shine On , Harvest Moon , " who billed herself as " The Greatest Single Woman Singing ...
... singers ; she called them " shouters " and was thrilled to eventually earn the epithet " the Ebony Nora Bayes , " for Bayes - the composer of " Shine On , Harvest Moon , " who billed herself as " The Greatest Single Woman Singing ...
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... singers had long been tempering their music with musical and showmanship borrowings from minstrel- sy - not because they wanted to reach white audiences ( which was large- ly unthinkable ) , but to express their own aspirations in the ...
... singers had long been tempering their music with musical and showmanship borrowings from minstrel- sy - not because they wanted to reach white audiences ( which was large- ly unthinkable ) , but to express their own aspirations in the ...
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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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