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71 produkter
Last Balladeer
The Johnny Hartman Story
Häftad, 2013
641 kr
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Just after recording with John Coltrane in 1963, baritone singer Johnny Hartman (1923–1983) told a family member that “something special” occurred in the studio that day. He was right – the album, containing definitive readings of “Lush Life” and “My One and Only Love,” resides firmly in the realm …
Unsung Cat
The Life and Music of Warne Marsh
Häftad, 2004
1031 kr
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An Unsung Cat explores the life and music of jazz saxophonist, Warne Marsh. Safford Chamberlain follows the artist from his start in youth bands like the Hollywood Canteen Kids and The Teen-Agers through his studies under Lennie Tristano, his brilliant playing of the 1950s, his disappearance from …
Ellingtonia
The Recorded Music of Duke Ellington and His Sidemen
Av W. E. Timner
E-bok, 2000
3456 kr
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Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (1899-1974) is recognized as one of the great composers and orchestra leaders of the twentieth century and is credited for raising jazz to its highest plateau. He remained musically active through his entire life, creating a prolific musical output. Ellingtonia: The …
Reminiscing in Tempo
The Life and Times of a Jazz Hustler
Inbunden, 1995
1053 kr
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Teddy Reig (1917-1984) was a larger-than-life character, a self-described hustler who had a profound effect on the music world from the 1940s to the 1970s. As a record producer, he captured the work of dozens of leading jazz innovators. He also had an impact on rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and …
Bassically Speaking
An Oral History of George Duvivier
Av Edward Berger, David Chevan
Inbunden, 1993
1616 kr
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"Both as a person and as a musician, he was number one in my book." —Benny CarterBassist George Duvivier (1920-1985) was one of the most universally respected musicians in jazz. His impeccable musicianship graced the big bands in the 1940s and led to musical associations with virtually every …
Serge Chaloff
A Musical Biography and Discography
Inbunden, 1998
1138 kr
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Serge Chaloff (1923-1957) is most widely remembered as the flamboyant baritone saxophone star with Woody Herman's 2nd Herd whose problems with drugs extended to erratic personal behavior. Nevertheless, there were many brilliant sessions featuring his work before and after his stint with Herman. …
Jimmy Dorsey
A Study in Contrasts
Inbunden, 1998
2118 kr
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The Dorsey brothers were prominent members of the Big Band fraternity in the late thirties, forties, and fifties. Jimmy Dorsey: A Study in Contrasts is a bio-discographical text that spans Jimmy Dorsey's career as a musician, orchestra leader, and composer. The book is a collection of chronological …
Stride!
Fats, Jimmy, Lion, Lamb, and All the Other Ticklers
Av John L. Fell, Terkild Vinding
Inbunden, 1999
1031 kr
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Stride! traces the stride piano style from its roots in minstrel shows and ragtime, through the contributions of itinerant entertainers, to its joyful birth in Harlem, where it became known as Harlem Piano. Stride developed over a period spanning World War I to the depression years, though younger …
Unsung Songwriters
Inbunden, 2000
2420 kr
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The Unsung Songwriters is dedicated to a period in the history of American music that author Warren Vaché calls the "Golden Age of Songwriting," and to the men and women who made it great.Contrary to the widely held opinion that most of our hit and standard songs were composed by a handful of top …
Ladies Who Sing With the Band
Inbunden, 2000
912 kr
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Betty Bennett evokes a bygone era when "territory" and "name" bands—each with its own "girl singer"—criscrossed the country in Ladies Who Sing With the Band. The author's career intersected with many of the icons of jazz and popular music, among them Nat King Cole, Dizzy Gillespie, Georgie Auld, …
Jazz in New Orleans
The Postwar Years Through 1970
Inbunden, 2001
1104 kr
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Jazz in New Orleans provides accurate information about, and an insightful interpretation of, jazz in New Orleans from the end of World War II through 1970. Suhor, relying on his experiences as a listener, a working jazz drummer, and writer in New Orleans during this period, has done a great …
Young Louis Armstrong on Records
A Critical Survey of the Early Recordings, 1923-1928
Inbunden, 2002
1909 kr
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Comprehensive chronological survey and analysis of every recording on which Louis Armstrong played during the period 1923 to 1928. Armstrong's immense impact on the evolution of jazz is found primarily in these early recordings, and Brooks's close examination of this period is important, as much of …
Charlie Parker and Thematic Improvisation
Av Henry Martin
Häftad, 1996
665 kr
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Martin provides a new overall assessment of the importance of Charlie Parker through an analysis of his improvisations in a variety of genres. Earlier studies of Parker argue that his style is based on an extensive network of melodic formulas that are combined to create solos. Because the same …
Musical World of J.J. Johnson
Av Joshua Berrett, Louis G. Bourgois III
Häftad, 2001
1063 kr
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NOW IN PAPERBACK! J.J. Johnson, known as the spiritual father of modern trombone, has been a notable figure in the history of jazz. His career has embodied virtually every innovation and development in jazz over the past half-century. In this first comprehensive biography, filmography, catalog of …
Contemporary Cat
Terence Blanchard with Special Guests
Inbunden, 2002
904 kr
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A fascinating look into the new generation of jazz legends, Contemporary Cat is a welcome addition to Scarecrow Press's Studies in Jazz Series. Living legend Terence Blanchard's life and work are thoroughly examined through interviews with his contemporaries and colleagues, including jazz greats …
Good Vibes
A Life in Jazz
Av Terry Gibbs
Inbunden, 2003
912 kr
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Terry Gibbs, legendary jazz vibraphonist and bandleader, was 12 years old when he kicked off his career as a professional musician, winning first place in an amateur performance. Born and raised in the heart of Brooklyn and possessing tremendous musical talent, Gibbs learned the ins and outs of …
Fifties Jazz Talk
An Oral Retrospective
Av Gordon Jack
Häftad, 2004
1031 kr
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London-based musician and journalist Gordon Jack's method is to let the musicians tell their own stories with minimum intervention, in the manner of Ira Gitler's classic Swing to Bop. Famous or obscure, these more than 30 musicians who came to prominence in the 1950s each has a story to tell, and …
Florence Mills
Harlem Jazz Queen
Av Bill Egan
Häftad, 2004
732 kr
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This biography reveals the lost history of the life of Florence Mills, who was very famous during the 1920s, and traces her story from childhood to her untimely death at age 31. Mills who was probably the first black female international superstar, was lionized by crowned heads in Europe and …
Music and the Creative Spirit
Innovators in Jazz, Improvisation, and the Avant Garde
Häftad, 2006
1031 kr
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Like most ground-breaking art forms, contemporary creative music is rarely understood or accepted in its own time, and for those reasons, can largely go unheard. Music and the Creative Spirit: Innovators in Jazz, Improvisation, and the Avant Garde aims to give today's brightest music innovators due …
Chord Changes on the Chalkboard
How Public School Teachers Shaped Jazz and the Music of New Orleans
Av Al Kennedy
Häftad, 2005
738 kr
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The world's fascination with New Orleans stems from the allure of the music of the city—music that owes its origins and development to many sources. Until now, popular and scholarly books, dissertations, and articles that attempt to explain these sources have failed to recognize the unsung heroes …
Story of Fake Books
Bootlegging Songs to Musicians
Häftad, 2006
1031 kr
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Fake books—anthologies of songs notated in a musical shorthand—have been used by countless pop and jazz musicians in both professional and amateur settings for more than half a century. The Story of Fake Books: Bootlegging Songs to Musicians traces the entertaining and previously unknown account of …
All of Me
The Complete Discography of Louis Armstrong
Av Jos Willems
Häftad, 2006
1177 kr
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Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong was not only jazz's greatest musician and innovator, but also arguably its most famous entertainer and the frontal figure in the development of contemporary popular music. Overcoming social and political obstacles, he created a long and impressive career and an enormous …
Ellingtonia
The Recorded Music of Duke Ellington and His Sidemen
Av W. E. Timner
Inbunden, 2007
3298 kr
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Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (1899-1974) is recognized as one of the great composers and orchestra leaders of the twentieth century and is credited for raising jazz to its highest plateau. He remained musically active through his entire life, creating a prolific musical output. Ellingtonia: The …
Jazz Fiction
A History and Comprehensive Reader's Guide
Av David Rife
Häftad, 2007
1151 kr
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Nearly 700 works by over 500 authors are presented in Jazz Fiction: A History and Comprehensive Reader's Guide, a comprehensive annotated bibliography of stories and novels that contain a jazz component. Presenting a valuable overview of the history of the genre from its beginnings to the near …
Mission Impossible
My Life in Music
Av Lalo Schifrin, Richard Palmer
Inbunden, 2008
877 kr
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Mission Impossible: My Life in Music is the engaging autobiography of Lalo Schifrin, the musician, conductor, and composer of more than 60 jazz and classical works and over 100 film and television scores, including Bullitt, the Rush Hour series, Cool Hand Luke, The Dead Pool, Tango, The Fox, Voyage …
Contradictions of Jazz
Av Paul Rinzler
Häftad, 2008
1177 kr
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In The Contradictions of Jazz, Paul Rinzler takes a new approach to jazz aesthetics and theory by exploring four pairs of opposites present in jazz: individualism and interconnectedness, assertion and openness, freedom and responsibility, and creativity and tradition. By themselves, these eight …
Contradictions of Jazz
Av Paul Rinzler
E-bok, 2008
1204 kr
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In The Contradictions of Jazz , Paul Rinzler takes a new approach to jazz aesthetics and theory by exploring four pairs of opposites present in jazz: individualism and interconnectedness, assertion and openness, freedom and responsibility, and creativity and tradition. By themselves, these eight …
Early Twentieth-Century Brass Idioms
Art, Jazz, and Other Popular Traditions
E-bok, 2008
1281 kr
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The work of multiple scholars is combined in this single volume, bringing together in conversation the traditions of brass instrumentalism and jazz idiom. Early Twentieth-Century Brass Idioms: Art, Jazz, and Other Popular Traditions , edited by Howard T. Weiner, features articles by some of the …
Where the Dark and the Light Folks Meet
Race and the Mythology, Politics, and Business of Jazz
Inbunden, 2010
812 kr
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Where the Dark and the Light Folks Meet tackles a controversial question: Is jazz the product of an insulated African-American environment, shut off from the rest of society by strictures of segregation and discrimination, or is it more properly understood as the juncture of a wide variety of …
Music and Life of Theodore "Fats" Navarro
Infatuation
Av Leif Bo Petersen, Theo Rehak
Inbunden, 2009
1104 kr
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The Music and Life of Theodore "Fats" Navarro: Infatuation is the first comprehensive study of the jazz trumpeter Theodore "Fats" Navarro. It provides biographical and discographical information on this talented musician, whose premature death from tuberculosis at 26 robbed the jazz world of his …
