The Oxford Companion to Jazz (Oxford Companions)
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Editor: Bill KirchnerEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-07-14
ISBN: 0195183592
Number of pages: 864
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Book Review: All About Jazz
Summary: 5 Stars
In this 60 essay-800 page-book, you can find almost everything about jazz, from its roots to the latests developements of the music, major artists and styles, jazz and literature, jazz and film, jazz clubs, jazz in Japan... Whether you are a novice or a jazzoholic, there is a lot to learn about this wonderful music. Hundred stars!
Mohamed SOULE
Summary of The Oxford Companion to Jazz (Oxford Companions)
Jazz and its colorful, expansive history resonate in this unique collection of 60 essays specially-commissioned from today's top jazz performers, writers, and scholars. Contributors include such jazz insiders as Bill Crow, Samuel A. Floyd Jr., Ted Gioia, Gene Lees, Dan Morgenstern, Gunther Schuller, Richard M. Sudhalter, and Patricia Willard. Both a reference book and an engaging read, the Companion surveys the evolution of jazz from its roots in Africa and Europe until the present. Along the way, each distinctive style and period is profiled by an expert in the field. Whether your preference is ragtime, the blues, bebop, or fusion, you will find the chief characteristics and memorable performances illuminated here with a thoroughness found in no other single-volume jazz reference.The Oxford Companion to Jazz features individual biographies of the most memorable characters of this relatively young art form. Sidney Bechet, King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, Bessie Smith, Duke Ellington, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, and the divas of jazz song--Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and Sarah Vaughan--come to life in thoughtful considerations of their influences, often turbulent personal lives, and signature styles. In addition, this book looks at the impact of jazz on American culture-in literature, film, television, and dance-and explores the essential instruments of jazz and their most memorable players.
The Oxford Companion to Jazz will provide a quick reference source as well as a dynamic and broad overview for all lovers of jazz, from novices to aficionados.
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