Jazz is the most colourful and varied art form in the world and it was born in one of the most colourful and varied cities, New Orleans. From the seed first planted by slave dances held in Congo Square and nurtured by early ensembles led by Buddy Bolden and Joe 'King' Oliver, jazz began its long winding odyssey across America and around the world, ...
This work brings to life the story of the quintessential American music - jazz. Born in the black community of turn-of-the-century New Orleans but played from the beginning by musicians of every colour, the book celebrates the effect the music had on America as a whole.
This is the story of jazz as it has never been told before: from the inside out. In this vivid history of jazz, a respected critic and a leading scholar capture the excitement of America's unique music with intellectual bite, unprecedented insight and the passion of enthusiastic fans. They explain what jazz is, where it came from and who created ...
Explores the development of jazz from its nineteenth-century roots in ragtime and blues through swing and bebop to fusion and contemporary jazz styles. Unique in its up-to-date coverage, JAZZ: THE FIRST 100 YEARS devotes a full third of its length to performers of the 1960s to the present day. The book's flexible organization and clear, ...
The first edition of "Jazz" took the history of jazz up to 1960. Now, in recognition of the developments in jazz study since then, Frank Tirro has rewritten and expanded this text to include many of the latter-day giants, such as Miles Davies, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman and Wynton Marsalis. The early chapters have also been modified to take ...
For non-major courses in Evolution of Jazz, Jazz History, Jazz Survey, Introduction to Jazz, Jazz Appreciation, African-American Music. This abridged version of Jazz Styles was developed in response to student and professor requests for an introductory text offering the clarity and accuracy of Jazz Styles with 1/2 the size, 1/40 the number of ...
This second volume of Gunther Schuller's comprehensive history of jazz covers the period from the 1930s to the late 1940s, decades which saw the transition from big band swing to the virtuoso bop style. The first half of the book concentrates on the band leaders, singers, and composers who dominated the popular music of their day: the jazz ...
A complete jazz chronology, ESSENTIAL JAZZ: THE FIRST 100 YEARS, 2e, delivers a thorough and engaging introduction to jazz and American culture. Designed for nonmajors, this brief text explores the development of jazz from its nineteenth-century roots in ragtime and blues through swing and bebop to fusion and contemporary jazz styles. Unique in ...
Jazz and its colorful, expansive history resonate in this unique collection of 60 essays specially-commissioned from today's top jazz performers, writers, and scholars. Contributors include such jazz insiders as Bill Crow, Samuel A. Floyd Jr., Ted Gioia, Gene Lees, Dan Morgenstern, Gunther Schuller, Richard M. Sudhalter, and Patricia Willard. Both ...
A remarkably comprehensive anthology of writings on the life and works of the 20th century's preeminent jazz composer, THE DUKE ELLINGTON READER contains interviews, essays and reviews by dozens of noted jazz authorities like John Hammond, Paul Bowles, Nat Hentoff, and Stanley Crouch, in addition to intriguing and revealing articles, letters, and ...
With a foreword by jazz icon Wynton Marsalis, this volume provides a history of jazz, an encyclopedia of essential composers and musicians, a recordings list, and a guide to jazz terminology and slang.
Concentrating on the years between 1920 and 1950, Alfred Appel, Jr., finds resemblances and correspondences between the works of Picasso, the writing of Joyce, and the music of Louis Armstrong and Fats Waller, focusing on the ways all these artists tore apart what they found and reassembled it to fit their needs. A New York Times Notable Book for ...
This book examines the unique and complex musical style of bebop, which the author argues played a central role in the evolution and cultural influence of jazz in the United States. Bebop, or bop, musicians played in smaller groups than their big band and swing predecessors, and created music in a spontaneous, improvised manner. DeVeaux, a jazz ...
A history of recorded jazz through 1976 places the most significant available recordings in a historical context, exploring in ten chapters each major period's important events and movements.
Unlike other musical genres, jazz history is firmly connected to its great performers. They are the ones who create the complexities and individual nuances that make jazz so difficult to categorize and chronicle. Including pertinent biographical information, Introduction to Jazz History continues to examine this interaction between musicians, ...
Ideal for all Introduction to Jazz and Jazz History courses in Music, African-American Studies, and 20th Century American Studies at the undergraduate level. Entertaining and well-written, this one-volume comprehensive history of jazz contains musical examples expansive enough so that students who do not read music will not be inhibited. Accurate ...
Traces the story of American West Coast jazz from its roots to its decline in the face of rock'n'roll. The text features profiles of jazz greats who became popular during this era, including Dave Brubeck, Charlie Mingus, Ornette Coleman, Gerry Mulligan and Stan Getz.
Drawing from contemporary journalism, reviews, program notes, memoirs, interviews, and other sources, Keeping Time lets you experience, first hand, the controversies and critical issues that have accompanied jazz from its very birth. Edited by Robert Walser, these sixty-two thought provoking pieces offer a wealth of insight into jazz. Some of the ...
From the pre-eminent - and always controversial - jazz critic and intellectual firebrand Stanley Crouch, this is the long-awaited collection of essential essays on the great music and performers of the jazz world. Stanley Crouch has been writing about jazz and jazz artists for over thirty years. His reputation for controversy is exceeded only by a ...
Improvising music involves a leap into the uncharted, but its success relies on abilities honed through experience and on an unwavering commitment to the moment and context of performance. Improvisers synchronize their intentions and actions, all the while maintaining a keen sensitivity to and connection with the evolving group dynamic. At times, ...
It all happened in America in the 1920s: blues, jazz, band music, torch ballards, operettas, and musicals. Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, and Duke Ellington, Kern, Gershwin, Berlin, and Porter, all burst onto the musical scene in this decade. Harlem celebrated its own artistic and musical renaissance, while the world of prohibition, extravagant ...
From the moment it was released in 1959, Miles Davis's work was hailed as a jazz classic. This text is an exhaustively researched examination of how this masterpiece was born.
This is the first compact history of jazz to place it within broader context. With an eye on the music, the musicians, and the audience, Mr. Peretti traces the emergence of jazz and follows its progress to the present, showing how it has reflected shifting American values. It is heartily recommended...accessible to a broad readership. - "Library ...
A series of historical essays from the late 18th century to contemporary times, including many of the author's studies of labor history. The author, a celebrated historian, also addresses such topics as sex, the Mafia, revolution, violence, and the history of jazz.
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