This work portrays the giants of jazz, relates what they achieved, and tells how they made their way in a world not always ready for them. The text offers a clear, informative history of the art, and the photographs present Coleman Hawkins, Count Basie, Charles Mingus, Benny Godman, Louis Armstrong and scores of others. These haunting photographs are supplemented with some rare vintage prints to tell the whole story of jazz from Buddy Bolden to Anthony Braxton.
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In this survey of jazz history, profiles of superstars and lesser-known artists are interspersed with new and rare photographs.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Renowned jazz critic Morgenstern, director of the Rutgers University Institute of Jazz Studies and past editor-in-chief of Down Beat magazine, here couples his formidable knowledge of jazz music and musicians with dozens of photographs by Brask, who shot the covers of many jazz albums. There is also a foreword by the late Dizzy Gillespie. The result "is a lavish and well-produced volume, successful both as an art book and a jazz survey" ( LJ 2/15/77). A worthy title for any collection.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Stunning portfolio of jazz photographs,
By Samuel Chell (Kenosha,, WI United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER) (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Jazz People (Paperback)
This is a heavy, portfolio-sized, coffee-table book even in its paperback edition. There are stunning photographs on every page, most of them new to this much-read follower of the music. Along with the photographs on each page is just the right amount of text (actually, it's context, providing a more specific setting for each of the photos by Ole Brask). Text is by Dan Morgenstern with forward by Dizzy Gillespie and introduction by James Jones.
Since the book is presently not pictured on Amazon, the reader should be aware that the photo cover is of Benny Goodman and Red Norvo. (The drummer, seen in half profile, I would guess to be Jo Jones.)
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We don't know where or when it started-the fusion of African and European elements that made possible the uniquely American music called jazz. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
own big band, jazz circles, jazz singing, jazz history Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, New Orleans, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Pee Wee, Coleman Hawkins, Benny Goodman, Charlie Parker, Lester Young, Roy Eldridge, Billie Holiday, Fifty-second Street, Dizzy Gillespie, Kansas City, King Oliver, Swing Era, John Hammond, Los Angeles, United States, Count Basie, Fletcher Henderson, Miles Davis, Ben Webster, Bessie Smith, Eddie Condon New!
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We don't know where or when it started-the fusion of African and European elements that made possible the uniquely American music called jazz. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
own big band, jazz circles, jazz singing, jazz history Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, New Orleans, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Pee Wee, Coleman Hawkins, Benny Goodman, Charlie Parker, Lester Young, Roy Eldridge, Billie Holiday, Fifty-second Street, Dizzy Gillespie, Kansas City, King Oliver, Swing Era, John Hammond, Los Angeles, United States, Count Basie, Fletcher Henderson, Miles Davis, Ben Webster, Bessie Smith, Eddie Condon New!
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- Beneath the Underdog by Charles Mingus on page 110, page 211, and Back Matter
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- Conversing with Cage by Richard Kostelanetz on page 126, and Back Matter
- Really The Blues by Mezz Mezzrow on page 126, and Back Matter
- Duke Ellington: Music Is My Mistress by Duke Ellington on page 99, and Back Matter
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