Jazz Tradition

Name: Jazz Tradition
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ISBN: 9780195078169

ISBN-10: 0195078160

ISBN-13: 9780195078169

Edition: 2nd 1993 (Revised)

Authors: Martin Williams

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`The best one-volume history of jazz.' That is how the American Music Guide described the book that Louis Armstrong once said `held ol' Satch spellbound'. A unique blend of history and criticism, this lively and perceptive book includes chapters on such jazz giants as King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, John Coltrane, and Ornette Coleman. In addition to an expanded essay on Count Basie, this revised edition also includes pieces on Eric Dolphy, Bill Evans, and the World Saxophone Quartet.

Book details

List price: $43.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/14/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.39" wide x 7.99" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English




Introduction: A Matter of Fundamentals



King Oliver: Father Figure



Jelly Roll Morton: Three-Minute Form



Sidney Bechet: First and Last



Louis Armstrong: Style Beyond Style



Bix Beiderbecke: The White Man's Burden



Coleman Hawkins: Some Comments on a Phoenix



Billie Holiday: Actress Without an Act



Art Tatum: Not for the Left Hand Alone



Duke Ellington: Form Beyond Form



Count Basie and Lester Young: Style Beyond Swing



Charlie Parker: The Burden of Innovation



Thelonious Monk: Modern Jazz in Search of Maturity



John Lewis and the Modern Jazz Quartet: Modern Conservative



Sonny Rollins: Spontaneous Orchestration



Horace Silver: The Meaning of Craftsmanship



Miles Davis: A Man Walking



Sarah Vaughan: The Meaning of Self-Discovery



Bill Evans: A Need to Know



Charlie Mingus: The Pivotal Instrument



John Coltrane: A Man in the Middle



Ornette Coleman: Innovation from the Source



Eric Dolphy: Step by Step



World Saxophone Quartet: Four in One



The Meaning of a Music: An Art for the Century


Discographical Notes


Index