The Oxford companion to Jazz / edited by Bill Kirchner.
TITLE:
The Oxford companion to Jazz / edited by Bill Kirchner.
Publication Date:
2000
Publication Information:
New York : Oxford University Press,
Physical Description:
852 p. : ill.
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Summary:
The Oxford Companion to Jazz features individual biographies of the most memorable characters of this relatively young art form. Sidney Bechet, King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, Bessie Smith, Duke Ellington, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, and the divas of jazz song--Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and Sarah Vaughan--come to life in thoughtful considerations of their influences, often turbulent personal lives, and signature styles. In addition, this book looks at the impact of jazz on American culture-in literature, film, television, and dance-and explores the essential instruments of jazz and their most memorable players.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780195125108
