Early jazz : its roots and musical development
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Early jazz : its roots and musical development
（The history of jazz, v. 1）（Oxford paperbacks）
Oxford University Press, 1986
- : pbk
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"First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 1986"--T.p. verso
Discography: p. 385-389
Includes index
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Early Jazz is one of the seminal books on American jazz, ranging from the beginnings of jazz as a distinct musical style at the turn of the century to its first great flowering in the 1930s. Schuller explores the music of the great jazz soloists of the twenties--Jelly Roll Morton, Bix Beiderbecke, Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong, and others--and the big bands and arrangers--Fletcher Henderson, Bennie Moten, and especially Duke Ellington--placing their music in the context of the other musical cultures of the twentieth century and offering analyses of many great jazz recordings. Early Jazz provides a musical tour of the early American jazz world. A classic study, it is both a splendid introduction for students and an insightful guide for scholars, musicians, and jazz aficionados.
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