Music Makes Me : Fred Astaire and Jazz /

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Fred Astaire is best known for his brilliant dancing in the movie musicals of the 1930s, but in Music Makes Me, Todd Decker argues that Astaire's work as a dancer and choreographer, particularly in the realm of tap dancing, made a significant contribution to the art of jazz.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Decker, Todd R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Astaire, Fred.
Motion picture actors and actresses.
Jazz musicians.
Dancers.
MUSIC > General.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Jazz.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Composers & Musicians.
Danseurs > États-Unis > Biographies.
Musiciens de jazz > États-Unis > Biographies.
Motion picture actors and actresses > United States > Biography.
Dancers > United States > Biography.
Jazz musicians > United States > Biography.
United States.
Biographies.
collective biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part One: Astaire among Others : "There's a difference and Astaire is it" ; "I am a creator"
  • Part Two: Astaire at the studios: "I play with the very best bands" ; "Tell them to let it swing" ; "Fixing up" tunes
  • Part Three: Astaire in jazz and popular music: "Keep time with the time and with the times" ; "Jazz means the blues" ; "Anything that will send me" ; "You play and I'll dance."

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