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Jazz: A History

Book by Frank Tirro; W. W. Norton, 1993

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Jazz--History And Criticism

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...stylistic turning point in the history of jazz. Keepnews, Orrin, and Bill Grauer...Press, 1973. Analytical study of jazz as a phenomenon within the general history of music. Written just before the Free Jazz revolution. . Jazz City: The...
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The History of Jazz

Book by Ted Gioia; Oxford University Press, 1999

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Jazz Musicians, Jazz--History And Criticism

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Davis, Francis. The History of the Blues . New York...1993. Friedwald, Will. Jazz Singing . New York: Scribners...ed. Ragtime: Its History, Composers and Music...Ya: An Oral History of Jazz . New York: Dover, 1966. Hodeir, Andre. Jazz: Its Evolution and Essence...
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The History of Jazz

Book by Ted Gioia; Oxford University Press, 1998

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Jazz--History And Criticism

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...idea of using larger groups to tell the history of jazz has garnered favor. But today this...discarding or ignoring the musics history is no solution. The jazz tradition in general, and big band jazz in particular -- if they are to survive...
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Swing to Bop: An Oral History of the Transition in Jazz in the 1940s

Book by Ira Gitler; Oxford University Press, 1987

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Jazz Musicians--United States--Interviews, Jazz--1941-1950--History And Criticism

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...Jimmy Ryans if you wanted to play. It was like a history of jazz on one street, for that time. It was really healthy...most creative, one of the most creative times in jazz. If you were a jazz historian you could have gone down there and seen...
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Kansas City Jazz: From Ragtime to Bebop : A History

Book by Frank Driggs, Chuck Haddix; Oxford University Press, 2005

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Jazz--Missouri--Kansas City--History And Criticism

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...earlier, Dexter had grown to detest Parker.62 In his history of jazz, The Jazz Story, Dexter strongly expressed his contempt for...known and unknown performers could be heard, where jazz, blues and gospel were blended, where all my favorite...

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Telling Performances: Jazz History Remembered and Remade by the Women in the Band

Journal article by Sherrie Tucker; The Oral History Review, Vol. 26, 1999

Subjects:

Jazz music--History, Oral history--Evaluation, Women musicians--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...coherence" of mainstream histories. Therefore, they...telling and interpreting jazz history. Listening to narratives...listening to oral histories of women jazz musicians might help...historians to re-frame jazz history so that it is possible...
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"Detroit Was Heavy": Modern Jazz, Bebop, and African American Expressive Culture

Journal article by Anthony Macias; The Journal of African American History, Vol. 95, 2010

Subjects:

African American culture--Social aspects, African American music--Social aspects, African Americans--Music, African Americans--Social aspects, Bebop--Social aspects, Detroit, Michigan--History, Jazz music--Social aspects, Jazz--Social aspects

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...Detroit, which in turn nudges Jazz history beyond black-and-white analyses...educational system for ignoring Jazz history, theory, and composition as...443-44. (9) Ted Gioia, The History of Jazz (New York, 1997), 201-03...
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Unsung Jazz: How Kansas City Papers Missed the Story

Journal article by Giles Fowler; Journalism History, Vol. 22, 1996

Subjects:

Cities, History, Jazz, Journalism, Kansas City Missouri, Media coverage, Newspapers

Collections: History, Entire Library

...however, is a bit of revisionist history: While popular legend holds that the citys jazz eminence was fully recognized...musicianship displayed by Kansas City jazz musicians. The Call, which had no history of jazz coverage under the previous leadership...
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Jazz: A History of America's Music

Journal article by Bill C. Malone; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 68, 2002

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Jazz: A History of America's Music (Book)

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Jazz: A History of Americas Music...social change. Wards history is complemented with...youthful discovery of jazz in his native Europe...where the influence of jazz is strongly marked...make up the extended history of Americas music...
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New Orleans Style and the Writing of American Jazz History

Journal article by Michael Fitzgerald; ARSC Journal, Vol. 41, 2010

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Books--Book reviews, New Orleans Style and the Writing of American Jazz History (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews, That's Got 'Em: The Life and Music of Wilbur C. Sweatman (Biography)--Book reviews

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...the Writing of American Jazz History. by Michael Fitzgerald...the Writing of American Jazz History. By Bruce Boyd...documents to recorded oral history interviews and personal...look behind the history of jazz and examines how it was...

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Los Angeles's Jazz Roots: The Willis H. Young Family

Magazine article by Douglas Henry Daniels; California History, Vol. 82, Fall 2004

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Jazz singers--Criticism and interpretation, Jazz singers--Family, Jazz singers--Performances, Young, Willis H.--Criticism and interpretation, Young, Willis H.--Family, Young, Willis H.--Performances

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...played a signal role in jazz history and its development in Los...the considerable impact of jazz on the hinterlands and on the...the music. Significantly, jazz did not simply migrate north...century. EARLY LOS ANGELES JAZZ Despite the usual emphasis...Kansas City, and New York in histories of jazz, Los Angeles and San...
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I Hear America Scatting: The New Ken Burns Series on Jazz Is Good Television but Sketchy History

Magazine article by Francis Davis; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 287, January 2001

Subjects:

Jazz, Television documentaries

Collections: History, Entire Library

...The New Ken Burns Series on Jazz Is Good Television but Sketchy History. by Francis Davis PRESS...series sets out to trace the history of jazz from its birth as Negro folk...In taking on the entire history of jazz he doomed himself to incompleteness...
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Inventing Autopia: Dreams and Visions of the Modern Metropolis in Jazz Age Los Angeles

Magazine article by Claudia Jurmain; California History, Vol. 87, Summer 2010

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Books--Book reviews, Inventing Autopia: Dreams and Visions of the Modern Metropolis in Jazz Age Los Angeles (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...and Visions of the Modern Metropolis in Jazz Age Los Angeles. by Claudia Jurmain ANGELES...and urban sprawl. In a new intellectual history, Jeremiah Axelrod traces the surprising...real, Mediterranean climate. Social history falls outside the books intended scope...
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Django, Jazz and the Nazis in Paris

Magazine article by John D. Pelzer; History Today, Vol. 51, October 2001

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African American musicians--Evaluation, African American singers--Evaluation, Fashion--Political aspects, Grappelli, Stephane--Works, Jazz music--Analysis, Jones, James--Authorship, Paris, France--Popular culture, Reinhardt, Django--Biography, The Second World War from Here to Eternity (Book)--Excerpts, World War, 1939-1945--Music, Youth--Analysis

Collections: History, Entire Library

...by the Nazi regime. French jazz, in fact, thrived and worked...Kater, Different Drummers: Jazz in the Culture of Nazi Germany...Red and Hot: The Fate of Jazz in the Soviet Union (OUP...Pelzer was an instructor of history at Wesley College in Dover...
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Wynton's Blues: For Two Decades Wynton Marsalis Ruled the Jazz Universe, Enjoying Virtually Unqualified Admiration as a Musician and Unsurpassed Influence as the Music's Leading Promoter and Definer

Magazine article by David Hajdu; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 291, March 2003

Subjects:

Armstrong, Louis--Influence, Columbia Records--Marketing, Columbia Records--Product discontinuation, Ellington, Duke--Influence, Jazz music--Criticism and interpretation, Jazz music--History, Jazz music--Marketing, Jazz--Criticism and interpretation, Jazz--History, Jazz--Marketing, Marsalis, Wynton--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Marsalis, Wynton--Criticism and interpretation, Marsalis, Wynton--Influence, Recording industry--Marketing, Recording industry--Product discontinuation, Sound recording industry--Marketing, Sound recording industry--Product discontinuation

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...especially on the importance of jazz history and jazz masters, Marsalis was...story is so neatly connected to jazz history that it defies credulity. Had...platform to advance ideas about jazz history and black identity. Ever since...

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Pianist's History of Jazz. in Less Than Two Hours; Jazz

Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), January 28, 2011

Subjects:

Jazz, Jazz music, Musicians

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Pianists History of Jazz. in Less Than Two Hours; Jazz. Byline: MARTIN LONGLEY SUNDAY lunchtime will bring what...instrumentalist Richard Pite will be presenting his 100 Years Of Jazz Y In 99 Minutes at the British Legion in Solihull. Its very...
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CAFE SERVES JAZZ; Museum of Natural History Gets Fans, Funds at Atrium on Fridays

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 13, 2002

Subjects:

Audio equipment industry, Jazz Inc., Smithsonian Institution

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

CAFE SERVES JAZZ; Museum of Natural History gets fans, funds at Atrium on Fridays...Charlotte Jacobsen arent your typical jazz enthusiasts. The Mount Pleasant...stepping up." The District has a rich jazz history, Mr. Puesan says, and some of...
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ICH BIN EIN BERLINER with Apologies to JFK and the One-Legged Scotsman Who Taught Me German. CHRIS JAGGER Struggles with the Language but Revels in the Jazz Clubs, Blues Bars and History of the City That Rose from the Ruins

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), May 20, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...the Language but Revels in the Jazz Clubs, Blues Bars and History of the City That Rose from the...American Presidents place in history. Ive never had quite the same...sets illustrating the citys history from the 13th Century to the...
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The Sound of Tiger Bay; the Butetown Bay Jazz Heritage Festival Returns This Weekend. Mike Smith Chats to the Organisers about Aiming to Preserve a Slice of Cardiff History

Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), April 27, 2011

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Tiger Bay; the Butetown Bay Jazz Heritage Festival Returns This...Preserve a Slice of Cardiff History. Byline: Mike Smith * HIS years annual Butetown Bay Heritage Jazz Festival has one big aim. It...educator and Radio Cardiff Jazz presenter Humie. First and...
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The Interview: The Philharmonic Joins Wayne's World; Philip Key Reports on the Jazz Legend Making His Liverpool Debut

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), January 4, 2008

Subjects:

Jazz, Jazz music, Jazz musicians, Shorter, Wayne

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...In the last 40 or 50 years of jazz he has been at the core, in the...He has incorporated the whole history of contemporary jazz from the Blue Note and Art Blakey...stop?" Rundell has worked with jazz performers over the years, as...

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Trumpet

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...mentioned in the Bible and in Greek and Roman history. It attained its present shape early in...is an important member of most dance and jazz bands. See A. Baines, Brass Instruments: Their History and Development (1976...
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Jolson, Al

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Broadway appearances was in La Belle Paree (1911); his film work began with The Jazz Singer (1927), the first major film with sound and a landmark in the history of motion pictures. After 1932 he had his own radio show. Among the songs he made...
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Motion Pictures

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...realized very early in its history. The Frenchman George Melies...successfully introduced in The Jazz Singer with Al Jolson. A year...illustrious talents in the history of film. Early efforts (c...Bibliography See R. Low, The History of the British Film (4 vol...
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National Parks and Monuments

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...region; interesting glacial features and history. Wind Cave NP SW S.Dak. 1903 28...volcanic area; also rich in Pueblo history. El Morro MO W N.Mex. 1906 1,279...Restored site of cotton mill traces the history of the Industrial Revolution. Lyndon...
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Dance

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Origins of Dance The earliest history of human dance is a continuing...experts have extrapolated dance history from the preserved ritual dances...illustrating events in tribal history, legend, or mythology; dances...1912. The popularity of jazz in the early 1920s produced...

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