Early Jazz Its Roots and Musical Development

Name: Early Jazz Its Roots and Musical Development
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ISBN: 9780195040432

ISBN-10: 0195040430

ISBN-13: 9780195040432

Edition: 1986 (Reprint)

Authors: Gunther Schuller

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This classic study of jazz by renowned composer, conductor, and musical scholar Gunther Schuller was widely acclaimed on its first publication in 1968. The first of two volumes on the history and musical contribution of jazz, it takes us from the beginnings of jazz as a distinct musical style at the turn of the century to its first great flowering in the 1930's. 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 and languages of the…

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List price: $14.99
Copyright year: 1986
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/19/1986
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 7.99" wide x 5.31" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English




The Origins


Rhythm


Form


Harmony


Melody


Timbre


Improvisation



The Beginnings



The First Great Soloist



The First Great Composer



Virtuoso Performers of the Twenties


Bix Beiderbecke


Clarinetists


Brass Players


Harlem Pianists


Bessie Smith



The Big Bands


New York


The Southwest



The Ellington Style: Its Origins and Early Development



Interview with George Morrison


Glosary


A Selected Discography


Index