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~ (Author), Gunther Huesmann (Editor) "Jazz has always been the concern of a minority-always..." (more)
Key Phrases: postmodern jazz, eighties jazz, misc instr, New Orleans, Miles Davis, New York (more...)
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The most comprehensive interpretive history of jazz available in one volume, this book contains a survey of the past and current styles, elements, instruments, musicians, singers, and big bands of jazz.


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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 560 pages
  • Publisher: Lawrence Hill Books; 6 edition (March 1, 1992)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1556520980
  • ISBN-13: 978-1556520983
  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 1.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,141,856 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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postmodern jazz, eighties jazz, misc instr, free funk, modern concert music, archaic jazz, jazz classicism, free tonality, most beautiful recordings, jazz sonority, combo recordings, saxophone groups, disc split, free jazz, saxophone quartet, saxophone ensembles, new bebop, new melodic lines, duo recordings, jazz phrasing, jazz feeling, minimal music, conventional jazz, tenor men, fusion scene
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New Orleans, Miles Davis, New York, Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Lester Young, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Count Basie, David Murray, Art Blakey, United States, Wynton Marsalis, Benny Goodman, Charles Mingus, Max Roach, Coleman Hawkins, Fletcher Henderson, Tony Williams, Bessie Smith, Sonny Rollins, Chick Corea, Gil Evans
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5.0 out of 5 stars Classic introduction to jazz, February 16, 2002
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Joachim Berendt first published this work in German in 1953. Many editions and revisions later, this has become one of the cornerstones of jazz historical criticism. It has been translated into many languages, reflecting the universal appeal of the work. A clandestine Russian edition appeared in the former Soviet Union, and in Japan alone it has been edited three times. The Jazz Book is possibly the clearest, most didactic work of its kind. It's the first book I read about jazz and it made me appreciate the whole picture. It helped me to make the connections between musicians, works, instruments, ideas, styles, movements and influences. It's an invaluable introduction to jazz; it is written with great affection for the music, and translated very elegantly. It appears to have "fallen off" most current jazz reading lists, perhaps because there are newer, trendier writers addressing a modern, demanding, informed audience. But it's still a starting point that knows no rival.
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1.0 out of 5 stars not received as yet..., September 10, 2009
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This book has not been delivered. (Lost in the mail?) Ordered on the 10th of August and today is the 10th of Sept..
Company is working with me to find it... but soon it will be a refund.
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