The heart of jazz:
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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Grossman, William L. 1906- (Author), Farrell, Jack W. (Author)
Other Authors: Le Goullon, Lamartine 1917-1998 (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York New York University Press 1956
Item Description:Can jazz be defined? -- Formal characteristics of New Orleans jazz -- Can music be Christian? -- The Christian element in New Orleans jazz -- Secular elements in New Orleans jazz -- Jazz as synthesis -- The apostasy of Louis Armstrong -- "Modern" jazz -- Progress, novelty, and Dave Brubeck -- Mass-man's taste in jazz -- Cornets and trumpets -- The role of the trombone -- The clarinet : complement and contrast to jazz brasses -- Rhythm instruments in traditional jazz -- King Oliver and his Creole Jazz Band -- Jelly Roll Morton : the Cellini of jazz -- New Orleans jazz at home -- White New Orleans : the Dixieland school -- Bix Beiderbecke, creative bandsman -- Chicago jazz -- Big bands and the tradition -- Renaissance -- Traditional jazz in New York -- San Fransisco style -- Bunk Johnson, jazz master -- Kid Ory and his bands -- Renaissance jazz groups -- The jazz amateur -- The jazz audience -- The jazz record collector.
Physical Description:315 Seiten, 10 Tafeln Illustrationen

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