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Jazz: New York in the Roaring Twenties Hardcover – June 1, 2013

by Hans-Jurgen Schaal (Author), Robert Nippoldt (Illustrator)

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Big City, big bands: New York’s jazz scene of the 1920s

It’s the Roaring Twenties, and New York is exploding with jazz fever. Crowds flock to the nightclubs and dance halls in Harlem to see the likes of Louis Armstrong with the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra playing at the Kentucky Club, or Duke Ellington at the Roseland Ballroom or the world-famous Cotton Club. Designed, illustrated, and edited by Robert Nippoldt, this award-winning book pays homage to this exceptional era, via an entertaining blend of illustrations, facts, and amusing anecdotes presenting 24 leading lights of New York’s jazz scene in the 1920s, complete with a CD containing some of their best tunes. The texts, contributed by Hans-Jürgen Schaal, give a vivid account of the club scene and the “band battles,” as well as the legendary recording sessions. A splendid read, a groovy CD—and not strictly for jazz fans only!

International Book Award, 2014, Los Angeles
International Design Award, 2014, Los Angeles
Joseph Binder Award, 2014, Vienna
D&AD Award, 2014, London
Good Design Award, 2014, Chicago
A’ Design Award, 2014, Como / Italy
Best American Infographic, 2014, New York

Awards for the original German edition:

European Design Award, 2008, Stockholm
Institute for Book Arts: “The Most Beautiful Book of Germany” 2008, Frankfurt
Illustrative: “One of the Most Beautiful Books of Europe” 2007, Berlin

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Hardcover: 144 pages
Publisher: Taschen; Har/Com edition (June 1, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3836545012
ISBN-13: 978-3836545013
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 1.1 x 13.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #897,480 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1240 in Books > Arts & Photography > Music > Musical Genres > Jazz
- #1958 in Books > Humor & Entertainment > Sheet Music & Scores > Forms & Genres > Popular

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Creative use of graphics (and an included 20-track CD) make this fun for the novice as well as the experienced jazz fan

By Steve Ramm TOP 100 REVIEWER on October 25, 2013

Format: Hardcover

Taschen, the independent European-based art book publisher comes up with some creatively graphic books on all subjects. This one really impressed me and I can easily recommend it to anyone with a general interest in 1920-30 jazz. It's even a nice gift for an advanced collector (which I consider myself).

No it's not a reference book per se but rather a "celebration" the legends of Jazz in both pictures and sound. If I read the title page correctly, the book was originally published in 2007 in Germany (probably in German). This is the 2013 edition and is fully in English. After a brief introduction, the authors (one composed the text; the other the illustrations) provide basic info on 23 jazz icons from Louis Armstrong to Bessie Smith Ethel Waters and Benny Goodman to tapper Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. The book also includes a 20-track CD with early recordings of the artists profiled and - yes, even though Robinson was more a tapper than a singer, his recording (one of my favs) of "Ain't Misbehavin' (from "Blackbirds of 1929" is on the CD. I like the clever way that Schaal (the author of the text) names his chapters. Jelly Roll Morton, who CLAIMS he invented jazz (he didn't) has his profile tiled "the Big Mouth", Willie "the Lion" Smith is called the "Cat in The Cellar, and Robinson is rightfully called "The Dancing Drummer".

This is a large "coffee table" 146-page book and the illustrations - including artist-drawn reproductions of early record label and even a "sonogram" (yes the monitors they use on recording machines) of each of the 20 tracks - are ingenious and attractive. The facts all appear correct. I didn't notice any obvious errors, but as I said this is a book to look at and listen to.

Another winner for Taschen.

I hope you found this review both informative and helpful.

Steve Ramm
"Anything Phonographic"

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

Beautiful book.

By Francisco Fernández de Vega on January 16, 2014

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For Jazz and Arts lovers. Interesting info, nice illustrations. Not a book on Jazz history. An interesting book in a specific part of the history and some of their leaders. This is the opposite to an ebook: this book confirms why paper books will survive. Perfect for a present.

For interested in Jazz history I recommend the book by Gioia: The History of Jazz.

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By susan Cohene on December 17, 2013

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Completely different format - best purchase for jazz lovers.
Have listened to the CD yet but different impressed with the book and looking forward to a quiet afternoon with Jazz

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0 of 4 people found the following review helpful

present

By sheryl on August 1, 2013

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It's a present for my husband's birthday which is not until November. Have not given the book to him yet.

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