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The Oxford companion to jazz / edited by Bill Kirchner.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.Description: xi, 852 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 019512510X (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 781.65/09 21
LOC classification:
  • ML3507 .O94 2000
Contents:
African roots of jazz -- European roots of jazz -- Ragtime then and now -- The early origins of jazz -- New York roots: Black Broadway, James Reese Europe, early pianists -- The blues in jazz -- Bessie Smith -- King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, and Sidney Bechet: Ménage à trois, New Orleans style -- Louis Armstrong -- Bix Beiderbecke -- Duke Ellington -- Hot music in the 1920s: the "Jazz Age," appearances and realities -- Pianists of the 1920s and 1930s -- Coleman Hawkins -- Lester Young -- Streamlining jazz: major soloists of the 1930s and 1940s -- Jazz singing: between blues and bebop --Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, and Billie Holiday -- Jazz and the American song -- Pre-swing era big bands and jazz composing and arranging -- Swing era big bands and jazz composing and arranging -- The advent of bebop -- The New Orleans revival -- Charlie Parker -- Cool jazz and West Coast jazz -- Jazz and classical music: to the third stream and beyond -- Pianists of the 1940s and 1950s -- Hard bop -- Miles Davis -- Big bands and jazz composing and arranging after World War II -- Thelonius Monk and Charles Mingus -- John Coltrane -- The avant-garde, 1949-1967 -- Pianists of the 1960s and 1970s -- Jazz singing since the 1940s -- Jazz since 1968 -- Fusion -- Jazz repertory -- Latin jazz -- Jazz in Europe: the real world music or the full circle -- Jazz and Brazilian music -- Jazz in Africa: the ins and outs -- Jazz in Japan -- Jazz in Canada and Australia -- The clarinet in jazz -- The saxophone in jazz -- The trumpet in jazz -- The trombone in jazz -- The electric guitar and vibraphone in jazz: batteries not included -- Miscellaneous instruments in jazz -- The bass in jazz -- Jazz drumming -- Jazz and dance -- Jazz and film and television -- Jazz clubs --Jazz and American literature -- Jazz criticism -- Jazz education -- Recorded jazz -- Jazz improvisation and concepts of virtuosity.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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, including Bill Crow, Gerald Early, Samuel A. Floyd Jr., Ted Gioia, Gene Lees, Max Morath, Dan Morgenstern, Gunther Schuller, Richard M. Sudhalter, and Patricia Willard. Both a reference book and an engaging read, this Companion surveys the evolution of jazz from its roots in Africa and Europe to today. 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--literature, film, television, and dance--and explores the essential instruments of jazz and their most memorable players. Looking beyond the U.S., the commissioned jazz authorities also consider its profound interaction with the music of Brazil, Latin America, Europe, Japan, Africa, and Canada and Australia. Authoritative and concise, The Oxford Companion to Jazz provides a quick reference source as well as a dynamic and broad overview for all lovers of jazz, from novices to aficionados.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 799-806) and indexes.

African roots of jazz -- European roots of jazz -- Ragtime then and now -- The early origins of jazz -- New York roots: Black Broadway, James Reese Europe, early pianists -- The blues in jazz -- Bessie Smith -- King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, and Sidney Bechet: Ménage à trois, New Orleans style -- Louis Armstrong -- Bix Beiderbecke -- Duke Ellington -- Hot music in the 1920s: the "Jazz Age," appearances and realities -- Pianists of the 1920s and 1930s -- Coleman Hawkins -- Lester Young -- Streamlining jazz: major soloists of the 1930s and 1940s -- Jazz singing: between blues and bebop --Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, and Billie Holiday -- Jazz and the American song -- Pre-swing era big bands and jazz composing and arranging -- Swing era big bands and jazz composing and arranging -- The advent of bebop -- The New Orleans revival -- Charlie Parker -- Cool jazz and West Coast jazz -- Jazz and classical music: to the third stream and beyond -- Pianists of the 1940s and 1950s -- Hard bop -- Miles Davis -- Big bands and jazz composing and arranging after World War II -- Thelonius Monk and Charles Mingus -- John Coltrane -- The avant-garde, 1949-1967 -- Pianists of the 1960s and 1970s -- Jazz singing since the 1940s -- Jazz since 1968 -- Fusion -- Jazz repertory -- Latin jazz -- Jazz in Europe: the real world music or the full circle -- Jazz and Brazilian music -- Jazz in Africa: the ins and outs -- Jazz in Japan -- Jazz in Canada and Australia -- The clarinet in jazz -- The saxophone in jazz -- The trumpet in jazz -- The trombone in jazz -- The electric guitar and vibraphone in jazz: batteries not included -- Miscellaneous instruments in jazz -- The bass in jazz -- Jazz drumming -- Jazz and dance -- Jazz and film and television -- Jazz clubs --Jazz and American literature -- Jazz criticism -- Jazz education -- Recorded jazz -- Jazz improvisation and concepts of virtuosity.

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