1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910257355603321

Titolo

Gestalt theory : an international multidisciplinary journal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Berlin] : ; Sciendo, De Gruyter

ISSN

2519-5808

Disciplina

150.19/82/05

Soggetti

Gestalt psychology

Gestalt therapy

Periodicals.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910955293403321

Autore

Shipton Alyn

Titolo

Groovin' high : the life of Dizzy Gillespie / / Alyn Shipton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 1999

ISBN

9786610835324

9780190286828

0190286822

9781280835322

128083532X

9780198025191

019802519X

9780195349382

0195349385

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (433 p.)

Disciplina

781.65092

788.92165092

Soggetti

Jazz musicians - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa



Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; 1 The Boy from Cheraw; 2 Philadelphia and the First Bands; 3 Teddy Hill and Edgar Hayes; 4 The First Records; 5 Cab Calloway and the Dawn of Bebop; 6 The Calloway Recordings; 7 Horn for Hire; 8 From Earl Hines to 52nd Street; 9 Billy Eckstine; 10 Bird, Big Band, and Berg's; 11 1945-The Records; 12 The Big Band, 1946--50; 13 The Big Band Records; 14 Dee Gee, Paris, and Massey Hall; 15 International Soloist; 16 The 1950's Big Bands; 17 Gillespiana; 18 Dizzy for President; 19 Giant of Jazz; 20 Old Man Time; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Dizzy Gillespie was one of the most important and best-loved musicians in jazz history. With his horn-rimmed glasses, goatee, jive talk, and upraised trumpet bell, he was the hipster who most personified bebop. The musical heir to Louis Armstrong, he created the modern jazz trumpet-playing style and dazzled aficionados and popular audiences alike for over 50 years. In this first full biography, Alyn Shipton covers all aspects of Dizzy's remarkable life and career, taking us through his days as a flashy trumpet player in the swing bands of the 1930's, his innovative bebop work in the 1940's,