Beginning with the African musical heritage and its fusion with European forms in the New World, Marshall Stearns's history of jazz guides the reader through work songs, spirituls, ragtime, and the blues, to the birth of jazz in New Orleans and its adoption by St Louis, Chicago, Kansas City, and New York. From swing and bop to the early days of rock, this lively book introduces us to the great musicians and singers and examines jazz's cultural effects on American and the world.
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"For beginners and those who need a refresher course in the history of jazz, a great way to start."--Brian Dalton, Beat Scene
"Here is the basic history of jazz we have all been waiting for...as an introduction to the subject for the intelligent reader it is unsurpassed."--Duke Ellington
"This book tells the real story of jazz."--Louis Armstrong
"[Stearns] has set down the results of his research and his speculations in a style blessedly free of jargon and, despite the often technical nature of the subject, sufficiently lucid to make himself plainly understood."--The New Yorker
"Here is the basic history of jazz we have all been waiting for...as an introduction to the subject for the intelligent reader it is unsurpassed."--Duke Ellington
"This book tells the real story of jazz."--Louis Armstrong
"[Stearns] has set down the results of his research and his speculations in a style blessedly free of jargon and, despite the often technical nature of the subject, sufficiently lucid to make himself plainly understood."--The New Yorker
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Marshall W. Stearns is at The Institute of Jazz Studies.
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the best book on jazz ever written,
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an scholar approach full of wisdom and wit
very, very insightful and entertaining one of the few real serious investigations
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historical piece of jazz history,
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A lovely book, a labour of love... Sometimes considered the first SERIOUS jazz history.
Too heavily leaning on sociological and ethnological insights though (I'm afraid not always supported by the more recent research), but it still makes for wonderful reading, essential for everyone who loves old and / or classical jazz... Contemporary reader beware, the book does show the signs of times!
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A classic!,
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Dr. Stearns's book still stands as a good source and has many clever insights. But Collier's "The Making of Jazz" clearly surpassed this book as the best history of Jazz.
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In reply to the sweet old lady's question, 'What is jazz, Mr. Waller?' the late and great Fats is supposed to have sighed: 'Madam, if you don't know by now, DON'T MESS WITH IT!' Fats Waller had a point there. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
blue tonality, falsetto break, del jazz, vodun ceremonies, white jazzmen, jazz scale, folk hymn, reed sections, album notes, march rhythm, white musicians Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Orleans, West African, United States, New York, American Negro, Benny Goodman, Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong, Kansas City, New World, Count Basie, Civil War, Paul Whiteman, Pine Top, Original Dixieland Jazz Band, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, Fletcher Henderson, West Indies, Casa Loma, Bessie Smith, Lester Young, Don Redman, Great Awakening, Miles Davis New!
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In reply to the sweet old lady's question, 'What is jazz, Mr. Waller?' the late and great Fats is supposed to have sighed: 'Madam, if you don't know by now, DON'T MESS WITH IT!' Fats Waller had a point there. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
blue tonality, falsetto break, del jazz, vodun ceremonies, white jazzmen, jazz scale, folk hymn, reed sections, album notes, march rhythm, white musicians Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Orleans, West African, United States, New York, American Negro, Benny Goodman, Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong, Kansas City, New World, Count Basie, Civil War, Paul Whiteman, Pine Top, Original Dixieland Jazz Band, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, Fletcher Henderson, West Indies, Casa Loma, Bessie Smith, Lester Young, Don Redman, Great Awakening, Miles Davis New!
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- Hear Me Talkin' to Ya: The Story of Jazz As Told by the Men Who Made It by Nat Shapiro on 7 pages
- America's Music: FROM THE PILGRIMS TO THE PRESENT (Music in American Life) by Gilbert Chase on 5 pages
- Father of the Blues: An Autobiography (Da Capo Paperback) by W. C. Handy on 4 pages
- Slave Songs of the Georgia Sea Islands by Lydia Parrish on 4 pages
- Voodoo in New Orleans by Robert Tallant on page 32, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Black Like You: Blackface, Whiteface, Insult & Imitation in American Popular Culture by John Strausbaugh in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Music in African American Fiction (Studies in African American History and Culture) by Robert H. Cataliotti on page 51, and Back Matter
- Swing, That Modern Sound by Kenneth J. Bindas in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Black Names (Contributions to the Sociology of Language, 13) by Joey Lee Dillard in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Putting Popular Music in its Place by Charles Hamm on page 15, and page 19
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