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New History of Jazz Revised and Updated Edition

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ISBN-10: 0826429726

ISBN-13: 9780826429728

Edition: 2nd 2010 (Revised)

Authors: Alyn Shipton

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In this major update of the acclaimed and award-winning jazz history, Alyn Shipton challenges many of the assumptions that surround the birth and growth of jazz music. He makes the case for jazz as a truly international music from its earliest days, chart
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Book details

List price: $37.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
Publication date: 5/15/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 816
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.75" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 2.596
Language: English

Preface Introduction: Rethinking Jazz History
Origins
Precursors
Classic Jazz
Piano Jazz: Stride and Boogie-Woogie
The Rise of the Big Bands
International Jazz to World War II
From Swing to Bop
Small Groups in Transition
The Birth of Bebop
Big-Band Bebop
Dissemination
Jazz Singing to 1950
The New Orleans Revival and Mainstream Jazz
Consolidation of Bebop
Early Miles Davis
Hard Bop and Soul-Jazz
Cool Jazz and the West Coast Movement
Big Bands in Transition
New Jazz
Coltrane and Mingus
Free Jazz: Ornette Coleman and the �ǣNew Thing�Ǡ
Politicization: The AACM and Other Organizations
Jazz Fusions
Keyboard Jazz Since World War II
Jazz Singing Since World War II
International Jazz: Jazz as World Music
Postmodern Jazz