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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791990103321

Autore

Gioia Ted

Titolo

The history of jazz [[electronic resource] /] / Ted Gioia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2011

ISBN

0-19-983187-4

1-283-09821-0

9786613098214

0-19-983058-4

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (453 p.)

Disciplina

781.6509

Soggetti

Jazz - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; 1. The Prehistory of Jazz; 2. New Orleans Jazz; 3. The Jazz Age; 4. Harlem; 5. The Swing Era; 6. Modern Jazz; 7. The Fragmentation of Jazz Styles; 8. Freedom and Fusion; 9. Traditionalists and Postmodernists; 10. Jazz in the New Millennium; Notes; Further Reading; Recommended Listening; Acknowledgments; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Ted Gioia's History of Jazz has been universally hailed as a classic--acclaimed by jazz critics and fans around the world. Now Gioia brings his magnificent work completely up-to-date, drawing on the latest research and revisiting virtually every aspect of the music, past and present. Gioia tells the story of jazz as it had never been told before, in a book that brilliantly portrays the legendary jazz players, the breakthrough styles, and the world in which it evolved. Here are the giants of jazz and the great moments of jazz history--Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington at the Co