Visions of jazz : the first century /

Poised to become a classic of jazz literature, Visions of Jazz: The First Century offers seventy-nine chapters illuminating the lives of virtually all the major figures in jazz history. From Louis Armstrong's renegade-style trumpet playing to Sarah Vaughan's operatic crooning, and from the...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Giddins, Gary
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : Oxford University Press, 1999, ©1998.
Édition:1st pbk. ed.
Sujets:
Jazz musicians > Biography.
Composers > Biography.
Jazz > History and criticism.
Jazz musicians > United States > Biography.
Musiciens de jazz > États-Unis > Biographies.
Jazz > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Musiciens de jazz > Biographies.
Compositeurs > Biographies.
MUSIC > Musical Instruments > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Composers & Musicians.
Composers.
Jazz.
Jazz musicians.
Jazzmusiker
Biografie
Jazz
Geschichte
United States.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:Poised to become a classic of jazz literature, Visions of Jazz: The First Century offers seventy-nine chapters illuminating the lives of virtually all the major figures in jazz history. From Louis Armstrong's renegade-style trumpet playing to Sarah Vaughan's operatic crooning, and from the swinging elegance of Duke Ellington to the pioneering experiments of Ornette Coleman, jazz critic Gary Giddins continually astonishes the reader with his unparalleled insight. Writing with the grace and wit that have endeared his prose to Village Voice readers for decades, Giddins also widens the scope of ja.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (xi, 690 pages) : music
ISBN:9780195132410
0195132416
9780199857524
0199857520

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