Early Jazz: Its Roots and Musical Development

by Gunther Schuller

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Early Jazz is one of the seminal books on American jazz, ranging from the beginnings of jazz as a distinct musical style at the turn of the century to its first great flowering in the 1930s. Schuller explores the music of the great jazz soloists of the twenties--Jelly Roll Morton, Bix Beiderbecke, Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong, and others--and the big bands and arrangers--Fletcher Henderson, Bennie Moten, and especially Duke Ellington--placing their...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0195040430

ISBN13:9780195040432

Release Date:June 1986

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:416 Pages

Weight:0.87 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.4" x 8.0"

Related Subjects

19th Century 20th Century African-American Studies Arts, Music & Photography Blues Education & Reference History History & Criticism Music Musical Genres Politics & Social Sciences Social Sciences Specific Demographics Theory, Composition & Performance

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