Author: A.B. SpellmanPublisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472089673
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
A revival of a classic oral biography of four nearly overlooked jazz giants
Four Jazz Lives
Author: A.B. SpellmanPublisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472089673
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
A revival of a classic oral biography of four nearly overlooked jazz giants
Four Jazz Lives
Author: A.B. SpellmanPublisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472022644
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Four Lives in the Bebop Business
Author: A. B. SpellmanPublisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9780879100421
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Score
Growing Up with Jazz
Author: W. Royal StokesPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195159276
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Focusing on how these figures became jazz musicians, this volume discusses the two most prominent US jazz musicians: the influential bop drummer Art Blakely and the famous jazz pianist and personality Dr Billy Taylor.
Traditional New Orleans Jazz
Author: Thomas W. JacobsenPublisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807139467
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
About a century after its beginnings, traditional jazz remains the definitive music of New Orleans and an international hallmark of the city. The enduring sound and boundless energy of this American art form have produced a long list of jazz legends. From Lionel Ferbos -- the city's oldest working jazz musician -- to Grammy winner Irvin Mayfield, the musical heritage of traditional jazz lives on through each player's passion. In Traditional New Orleans Jazz, veteran jazz journalist Thomas Jacobsen discusses that legacy with Ferbos, Mayfield, and a who's who of the present-day scene's "trad jazz" players. Through intimate conversations with jazz veterans and up-and-coming talent, Jacobsen elicits honest, witty, and sometimes comedic discussions that reveal a strong mutual devotion to do one thing -- compose and play music inspired by the Crescent City's earliest jazz musicians. Traditional New Orleans Jazz presents local perspectives on what has become an international language with interviews from Lucien Barbarin, Evan Christopher, Duke Heitger, Leroy Jones, Dr. Michael White, and many more. Jacobsen also notes the stewardship of traditional jazz means more than making music. Its longevity relies on teaching and innovation, furthering the inextricable ties between the music and the men who make it. Traditional New Orleans jazz is a culture of its own, and the players in this remarkable volume are its native speakers.
Herbie Nichols
Author: Mark MillerPublisher: Mercury Press (Canada)
ISBN: 9781551281469
Category : African American composers
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Living the Jazz Life
Author: W. Royal StokesPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195152492
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
In some forty interviews with saxophonists, pianists, singers, composers, and string, brass, and rhythm players, Stokes illuminates the lives of the artists and the sheer pleasure of the sounds they create. Stokes paints a vivid portrait of jazz musicians ... that range across the globe. Introductions to vaudeville stars, blues musicians, and women instrumentalists. Covers a broad spectrum, including conversations with legendary veterans, like Jackie McLean and Louie Bellson, to such rising stars as Diana Krall, Cyrus Chestnut, Ingrid Jensen, and violinist Regina Carter.-Derived from book cover.
Moving to Higher Ground
Author: Wynton MarsalisPublisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN: 0812969081
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
In this beautiful book, Pulitzer Prize—winning musician and composer Wynton Marsalis draws upon lessons he’s learned from a lifetime in jazz–lessons that can help us all move to higher ground. With wit and candor he demystifies the music that is the birthright of every American and demonstrates how a real understanding of the central idea of jazz–the unique balance between self-expression and sacrifice for the common good exemplified on the bandstand–can enrich every aspect of our lives, from the bedroom to the boardroom, from the schoolroom to City Hall. Along the way, Marsalis helps us understand the life-changing message of the blues, reveals secrets about playing–and listening–and passes on wisdom he has gleaned from working with three generations of great musicians. Illuminating and inspiring, Moving to Higher Ground is a master class on jazz and life, conducted by a brilliant American artist.
Good Vibes
Author: Terry GibbsPublisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810845862
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
A foreword by Chubby Jackson, a discography, and an index round out this captivating volume."--BOOK JACKET.
Jazz on the River
Author: William Howland KenneyPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226437337
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
'Jazz on the River' describes how musical entrepreneurs gave the music of New Orleans to mainstream America in the 1920s, by quite literally sending their musicians upstream, aboard riverboats that plied the Mississippi waterways every summer.