Fancy Fretwork : The Great Jazz Guitarists

Name: Fancy Fretwork : The Great Jazz Guitarists
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ISBN: 9780531115657

ISBN-10: 0531115658

ISBN-13: 9780531115657

Edition: N/A

Authors: Leslie Gourse

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List price: $23.00
Publisher: Scholastic Library Publishing
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 144
Size: 7.75" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Leslie Gourse, a noted jazz historian, was the author of many books for adults. She died in 2004.Martin Frenchs artwork has won numerous awards, including a Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators. He lives in Oregon.

The Types of Guitars and the Evolution of the Guitar in Jazz History	p. 7
The Blues Guitarists and Singers	p. 23
Rhythm Players in the 1920s and 1930s	p. 33
Swing-Era Soloists	p. 40
Django Reinhardt, the Legendary Gypsy Guitarist of France	p. 51
The Amplified Acoustic Guitar and Charlie Christian, and the Electric Solid-Body Guitar and Les Paul	p. 55
The Jazz Guitar Tree: A Concise History of the Development of Jazz Guitar Playing	p. 64
The Heirs of Charlie Christian Expand on the Innovations	p. 72
The Blossoming of the Great Individualists in the Late 1950s and Early 1960s	p. 87
The Post-Bebop Mainstream Players of the Late 1960s	p. 103
The Fusion of Jazz and Pop, the Free Jazz Guitarists, and the Neo-Classicists-From the 1970s to the Present	p. 118
Postscript	p. 131
Source Notes	p. 133
Suggested Listening	p. 135
For More Information	p. 139
Index	p. 142
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