Early Jazz : Its Roots and Musical Development Hardback
by Gunther Schuller
Part of the The History of Jazz series
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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 musicin 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. Aclassic study, it is both a splendid introduction for students and an insightful guide for scholars, musicians, and jazz aficionados.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:416 pages, music examples
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:12/07/1973
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- ISBN:9780195000979
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:416 pages, music examples
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:12/07/1973
- Category:
- ISBN:9780195000979