Jazz
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Jazz
（World of art）
Thames and Hudson, c1998
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 197) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This guide covers the whole history of jazz, from its early balancing of African and European influences, through the formative years in New Orleans and Chicago, the rise of the big bands in New York, to be-bop, the post-war proliferation of styles from a new generation - hard bop, West Coast, cool, free jazz, modal jazz, fusion and crossover - and today's acceptance of jazz as a music that uniquely defies conventional categories like "high" and "low". Setting jazz in its social and political context, against a background of constant racial tension, the author looks at the individual talents who shaped this remarkable music, personalities as diverse as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday and Miles Davis.
Table of Contents
- Out of Africa
- ragtime and its influence
- from New Orleans to Chicago
- the virtuoso - Louis Armstrong
- the rise and fall of the big band
- the composer - Duke Ellington
- be-bop and hard-bop
- the innovator - Miles Davis and his influence
- free jazz and avant-garde
- jazz-rock fusion and its aftermath.
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