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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... singers no longer felt compelled to record them , as their novelty value had long since worn out , though one could still spot aberrations on the order of Eydie Gormé Sings the Blues . Few of the selections on such albums would actually ...
... singers no longer felt compelled to record them , as their novelty value had long since worn out , though one could still spot aberrations on the order of Eydie Gormé Sings the Blues . Few of the selections on such albums would actually ...
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... singing waiter . We can only imagine the mixture of daring , ambition , tenacity , and dislocation that propelled him at fourteen to leave home and school , to sleep in basements and hallways , while searching for places to sing . He ...
... singing waiter . We can only imagine the mixture of daring , ambition , tenacity , and dislocation that propelled him at fourteen to leave home and school , to sleep in basements and hallways , while searching for places to sing . He ...
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... singing and African American music - the minor third , pentatonic scale , expressive vocalisms , spare harmonies , improvisation - were widely not- ed . Just as Berlin absorbed the spirit if not the letter of ragtime ( " You know , I ...
... singing and African American music - the minor third , pentatonic scale , expressive vocalisms , spare harmonies , improvisation - were widely not- ed . Just as Berlin absorbed the spirit if not the letter of ragtime ( " You know , I ...
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... singing telegram , carrying Irving's laments to Ellin . They included " All By Myself , " " The Song Is Ended , " and " Always . " At the same time , he turned out rhythm hits that encapsulated the talents of specific performers ...
... singing telegram , carrying Irving's laments to Ellin . They included " All By Myself , " " The Song Is Ended , " and " Always . " At the same time , he turned out rhythm hits that encapsulated the talents of specific performers ...
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... singing in " Anything You Can Do " ) , the show was a model of Tin Pan Alley savvy , an unaffected pag- eant by and about self - made entertainers . In Kern's hands , Annie might have been a classier act with love songs approaching the ...
... singing in " Anything You Can Do " ) , the show was a model of Tin Pan Alley savvy , an unaffected pag- eant by and about self - made entertainers . In Kern's hands , Annie might have been a classier act with love songs approaching the ...
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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