Author : Bob Yurochko
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Jazz
ISBN : 0830415955
A Short History of Jazz
Bob Yurochko
A Short History Of Jazz
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The History of Jazz
Ted Gioia
Author : Ted Gioia
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-09
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780195399707
The History of Jazz by Ted Gioia Pdf
A panoramic history of the genre brings to life the diverse places in which jazz evolved, traces the origins of its various styles, and offers commentary on the music itself.
The History of Jazz
Ted Gioia
Author : Ted Gioia
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1997-11-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780199840298
The History of Jazz by Ted Gioia Pdf
Jazz is the most colorful and varied art form in the world and it was born in one of the most colorful 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 Belden and Joe "King" Oliver, jazz began its long winding odyssey across America and around the world, giving flower to a thousand different forms--swing, bebop, cool jazz, jazz-rock fusion--and a thousand great musicians. Now, in The History of Jazz, Ted Gioia tells the story of this music as it has never been told before, in a book that brilliantly portrays the legendary jazz players, the breakthrough styles, and the world in which it evolved. Here are the giants of jazz and the great moments of jazz history--Jelly Roll Morton ("the world's greatest hot tune writer"), Louis Armstrong (whose O-keh recordings of the mid-1920s still stand as the most significant body of work that jazz has produced), Duke Ellington at the Cotton Club, cool jazz greats such as Gerry Mulligan, Stan Getz, and Lester Young, Charlie Parker's surgical precision of attack, Miles Davis's 1955 performance at the Newport Jazz Festival, Ornette Coleman's experiments with atonality, Pat Metheny's visionary extension of jazz-rock fusion, the contemporary sounds of Wynton Marsalis, and the post-modernists of the Knitting Factory. Gioia provides the reader with lively portraits of these and many other great musicians, intertwined with vibrant commentary on the music they created. Gioia also evokes the many worlds of jazz, taking the reader to the swamp lands of the Mississippi Delta, the bawdy houses of New Orleans, the rent parties of Harlem, the speakeasies of Chicago during the Jazz Age, the after hours spots of corrupt Kansas city, the Cotton Club, the Savoy, and the other locales where the history of jazz was made. And as he traces the spread of this protean form, Gioia provides much insight into the social context in which the music was born. He shows for instance how the development of technology helped promote the growth of jazz--how ragtime blossomed hand-in-hand with the spread of parlor and player pianos, and how jazz rode the growing popularity of the record industry in the 1920s. We also discover how bebop grew out of the racial unrest of the 1940s and '50s, when black players, no longer content with being "entertainers," wanted to be recognized as practitioners of a serious musical form. Jazz is a chameleon art, delighting us with the ease and rapidity with which it changes colors. Now, in Ted Gioia's The History of Jazz, we have at last a book that captures all these colors on one glorious palate. Knowledgeable, vibrant, and comprehensive, it is among the small group of books that can truly be called classics of jazz literature.
Why Jazz Happened
Marc Myers
Author : Marc Myers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520305519
Why Jazz Happened by Marc Myers Pdf
Why Jazz Happened is the first comprehensive social history of jazz. It provides an intimate and compelling look at the many forces that shaped this most American of art forms and the many influences that gave rise to jazz's post-war styles. Rich with the voices of musicians, producers, promoters, and others on the scene during the decades following World War II, this book views jazz's evolution through the prism of technological advances, social transformations, changes in the law, economic trends, and much more. In an absorbing narrative enlivened by the commentary of key personalities, Marc Myers describes the myriad of events and trends that affected the music's evolution, among them, the American Federation of Musicians strike in the early 1940s, changes in radio and concert-promotion, the introduction of the long-playing record, the suburbanization of Los Angeles, the Civil Rights movement, the "British invasion" and the rise of electronic instruments. This groundbreaking book deepens our appreciation of this music by identifying many of the developments outside of jazz itself that contributed most to its texture, complexity, and growth.
New History of Jazz
Alyn Shipton
Author : Alyn Shipton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic
Page : 965 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2004-03-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0826473806
New History of Jazz by Alyn Shipton Pdf
In this major update of the acclaimed and award-winning jazz history, Alyn Shipton challenges many of the assumptions that surround the birth and growth of jazz music. Shipton also re-evaluates the transition from swing to be-bop, asking just how political this supposed modern jazz revolution actually was. He makes the case for jazz as a truly international music from its earliest days, charting significant developments outside the USA from the 1920s onwards. All the great names in jazz history are here, from Louis Armstrong to Miles Davis and from Sidney Bechet to Charlie Parker and John Coltrane. But unlike those historians who call a halt with the death of Coltrane in 1967, Shipton continues the story with the major trends in jazz over the last 40 years: free jazz, jazz rock, world music influences, and the re-emergence of the popular jazz singer. This new edition brings the book completely up-to-date, including such names as John Medeski, Diana Krall, Django Bates, and Matthias Ruegg. There are also impor¬tant new sections on Latin Jazz and the repertory movement.
Historical Dictionary of Jazz
John S. Davis
Author : John S. Davis
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 559 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781538128152
Historical Dictionary of Jazz by John S. Davis Pdf
Jazz is a music born in the United States and formed by a combination of influences. In its infancy, jazz was a melting pot of military brass bands, work songs and field hollers of the United States slaves during the 19th century, European harmonies and forms, and the rhythms of Africa and the Caribbean. Later, the blues and the influence of Spanish and French Creoles with European classical training nudged jazz further along in its development. As it moved through the swing era of the 1930s, bebop of the 1940s, and cool jazz of the 1950s, jazz continued to serve as a reflection of societal changes. During the turbulent 1960s, freedom and unrest were expressed through Free Jazz and the Avant Garde. Popular and world music have been incorporated and continue to expand the impact and reach of jazz. Today, jazz is truly an international art form. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Jazz contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1,500 cross-referenced entries on musicians, styles of jazz, instruments, recording labels, bands and bandleaders, and more. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Jazz.
Such Melodious Racket
Mark Miller
Author : Mark Miller
Publisher : Mercury Press (Canada)
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015064210449
Such Melodious Racket by Mark Miller Pdf
Such Melodious Racket traces, for the first time, the Introduction, dissemination and early development of jazz in Canada. Beginning in 1914 with the first appearance in Canada of the New Orleans ensemble, the Creole Band, and concluding with Oscar Peterson's celebrated Carnegie Hall debut in 1949, this book is based on extensive archival research, as well as interviews with musicians now in seventies and eighties. A must for all jazzophiles.
Joined at the Hip
Jay Goetting
Author : Jay Goetting
Publisher : Minnesota Historical Society Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9780873518321
Joined at the Hip by Jay Goetting Pdf
From the early days through Prohibition and the swing era, then to bebop and beyond, this is the story of jazz music, musicians, and venues in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Jazz and Its History
Giuseppe Vigna
Author : Giuseppe Vigna
Publisher : Barron's Educational Series
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Jazz
ISBN : 0764151320
Jazz and Its History by Giuseppe Vigna Pdf
Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Bennie Goodman, Miles Davis, Thelonius Monk, and scores more jazz composers and performers stride through this colorful volume, as it summarizes America's greatest contribution to the world's music. This volume takes jazz to the present day, showing the synthesis of jazz and electronic music and citing today's best instrumentalists.
The History of European Jazz
Francesco Martinelli
Author : Francesco Martinelli
Publisher : Popular Music History
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Music
ISBN : 1781794464
The History of European Jazz by Francesco Martinelli Pdf
As the first organic overview of the history of jazz in Europe and covering the subject from its inception to the present day, the volume provides a unique, authoritative addition to the musicological literature.
Jazz on a Saturday Night
Leo Dillon,Diane Dillon
Author : Leo Dillon,Diane Dillon
Publisher : Blue Sky Press (AZ)
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : UOM:39015074235782
Jazz on a Saturday Night by Leo Dillon,Diane Dillon Pdf
Two-time Caldecott Medalists Leo and Diane Dillon open your heart with the pure magic of a "dream team" jazz session. Bright colours and musical patterns make the music skip off the page in this toe-tapping homage to many jazz greats. From Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, and Thelonious Monk to Ella Fitzgerald, here is an evening sure to knock your socks off. Learn about this popular music form and read a biography of each player, featured at the end of the book. From start to finish, here is a book to share and savor again and again.
First Book Of Jazz
Langston Hughes
Author : Langston Hughes
Publisher : Ecco
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1997-09-21
Category : Music
ISBN : 0880015527
First Book Of Jazz by Langston Hughes Pdf
An introduction to jazz which focuses on its historical development.
A New History of Jazz
Alyn SHIPTON
Author : Alyn SHIPTON
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:795440105
A New History of Jazz by Alyn SHIPTON Pdf
The History of Jazz
Sandy Asirvatham
Author : Sandy Asirvatham
Publisher : Chelsea House Pub
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0791072657
The History of Jazz by Sandy Asirvatham Pdf
A look at the history of jazz music, from its origins to the present time, including the musicians involved in creating that history.
History of Jazz
Sandy Asirvatham
Author : Sandy Asirvatham
Publisher : Turtleback
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2003-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0613652517
History of Jazz by Sandy Asirvatham Pdf
A comprehensive look at the history of jazz, from its origins to the present time, including the musicians involved in creating that history.