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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... read more
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People edit
- Miles Davis: Add a description of this character.
- Charlie Parker
- Louis Armstrong
- Dizzy Gillespie
- Benny Goodman
- Ornette Coleman
- Fletcher Henderson
- Jelly Roll Morton
- Oliver
- John Coltrane
- Bud Powell
- Coleman Hawkins
- Charles Mingus
- Art Tatum
- Hines
- Marsalis
- Herman
- Scott Joplin
- Sonny Rollins
- Smith
- Stan Getz
- Benny Carter
- Duke Ellington
- Waller
- Art Blakey
- Redman
- Bolden
- Dolphy
- Taylor
- Johnson
- Lester Young
- Brown
- Sidney Bechet
- Evans
- Trumbauer
- Kenton
- Paul Whiteman
- Granz
- Hammond
- Ben Webster
- Artie Shaw
- Russell
- Thelonious Monk
Setting & Locations edit
- New York
- Chicago
- Harlem
- Kansas City
- New Orleans
- United States
- California
- West Coast
- America
- Beiderbecke
- Carnegie Hall
- Born
- Texas
- Los Angeles
- Europe
- St. Louis
- Atlantic
- France
- Paris
- Philadelphia
- Tristan
- Hollywood
- West Africa
- Mississippi
- Louisiana
- Riverside
- Columbia
- England
- East Coast
- Down Beat
- Washington
- Missouri
- Japan
- D.c.
- Pittsburgh
- Congo Square
- Georgia
- Manhattan
- Northeast
- New Jersey
- Camarillo
- Town Hall
- Ellington
- Bird
- Austin
- Ohio
- Copenhagen
- Pennsylvania
- Roseland
First Sentence edit
An elderly black man sits astride a large cylindrical drum.
Table of Contents edit
ONE
Prehistory of Jazz 3
TWO
New Orleans Jazz 29
THREE
The Jazz Age 55
FOUR
Harlem 93
FIVE
The Swing Era 135
SIX
Modern Jazz 199
SEVEN
The Fragmentation of Jazz Styles 277
EIGHT
Freedom and Beyond 337
Notes
Further Reading 397
Recommended Listening 411
Acknowledgments 427
Index 429
Index of Songs and Albums 459
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Country: USA and Great Britain
Publication Date: 1997
ISBN: 0195090810
Page Count: 471
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Country: USA and Great Britain
Publication Date: 1997
ISBN: 0195090810
Page Count: 471
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 781.6509
Subjects edit
- Books › Entertainment › Music › Musical Genres › Jazz
- Books › Entertainment › Music › History & Criticism
- Books › History › Americas › United States › 20th Century
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