Jazz : a history of America's music / by Geoffrey C. Ward ; based on a documentary film by Ken Burns written by Geoffrey C. Ward ; with a preface by Ken Burns.
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TextPublisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012Copyright date: ©2000Description: x, 489 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
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- 067944551X
- 0679765395
- 9780679445517
- 9780679765394
- ML3508 .W37 2012
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-470) and index.
ch. 1. Gumbo : beginnings to 1907 -- ch. 2. The gift : 1907-1917 -- ch. 3. The jazz age : 1917-1924 -- Freedom of expression with a groove : an interview with Wynton Marsalis -- ch. 4. Our language : 1925-1929 -- ch. 5. Hard, hard times : 1929-1935 -- Reminiscing in tempo / by Dan Morgenstern -- ch. 6. The velocity of celebration : 1936-1939 -- ch. 7. Dedicated to chaos : 1940-1945 -- White noise and white knights : some thoughts on race, jazz, and the white jazz musician / by Gerald Early -- ch. 8. Risk : 1945-1950 -- Extreme jazz : the avant-garde / by Gary Giddins -- ch. 9. The adventure : 1950-1960 -- The presence is always the point / by Stanley Crouch -- ch. 10. A masterpiece by midnight : 1960 to the present.
With contributions from - Wynton Marsalis, Stanley Crouch, Gerald Early, Gary Giddins, Dan Morgenstern and Albert Murray.
Traces the history of jazz music from its origins in New Orleans through the twentieth century, and looks at the lives and contributions of some of the genre's greatest composers and performers.
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