'Max Harrison . . . surveys the whole history and development of jazz in a concise, well written and well illustrated . . . article together with an extensive bibliography.' —Richard D. C. Noble, Times Literary Supplement
The chapters of this book are in roughly chronological sequence: Spirituals, Blues, Gospels, Ragtime, and Jazz. The first three are by Paul Oliver, whose New Grove entry on the Blues is widely regarded as the definitive brief history of the genre. He has revised and expanded it for this book publication and, in addition, has extended the coverage of his essays on Spirituals in The New Grove to discuss both black and white traditions. Similarly, Oliver has revised and recast his coverage of Gospel music, which has been considerably expanded. Max Harrison's long entry on Jazz, which has also been extended, draws together the separate strands of the book to discuss the concept of Jazz as a matrix of mutually influential folk and popular styles. William Bolcom's short and definitive article on Ragtime has been revised, and all the bibliographies have been updated to include new and important works.
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Of all the bodies of folksong that have survived in America to the present century spirituals are probably the most extensive; they are certainly, in one form or another, the best known. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
del jazz, disc notes, orchestral jazz, blues tonality, ragtime songs, collective improvisation, blues idiom, rural blues, bass figures, jug band, harmonica playing Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, New Orleans, World War, Louis Armstrong, Living Blues, Muddy Waters, Bessie Smith, Charlie Parker, Big Bill Broonzy, Blues Unlimited, Library of Congress, West Coast, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Coleman Hawkins, Duke Ellington, Earl Hines, Lester Young, North Carolina, Son House, Jelly Roll Morton, Miles Davis, Robert Johnson, Scott Joplin New!
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Of all the bodies of folksong that have survived in America to the present century spirituals are probably the most extensive; they are certainly, in one form or another, the best known. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
del jazz, disc notes, orchestral jazz, blues tonality, ragtime songs, collective improvisation, blues idiom, rural blues, bass figures, jug band, harmonica playing Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, New Orleans, World War, Louis Armstrong, Living Blues, Muddy Waters, Bessie Smith, Charlie Parker, Big Bill Broonzy, Blues Unlimited, Library of Congress, West Coast, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Coleman Hawkins, Duke Ellington, Earl Hines, Lester Young, North Carolina, Son House, Jelly Roll Morton, Miles Davis, Robert Johnson, Scott Joplin New!
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- The History Of The Blues: The Roots, The Music, The People by Francis Davis in Back Matter
- The New York Public Library African American Desk Reference by The New York Public Library on page 400
- America on Record: A History of Recorded Sound by Andre Millard in Back Matter
- Diverse Worship: African-American, Caribbean and Hispanic Perspectives by Pedrito U. Maynard-Reid in Back Matter
- The Cambridge Companion to Blues and Gospel Music (Cambridge Companions to Music) by Allan Moore in Back Matter
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