Highway 61 Revisited: The Tangled Roots of American Jazz, Blues, Rock, & Country Music

by Gene Santoro

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What do Louis Armstrong, Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Tom Waits, Cassandra Wilson, and Ani DiFranco have in common? In Highway 61 Revisited, acclaimed music critic Gene Santoro says the answer is jazz--not just the musical style, but jazz's distinctive ambiance and attitudes.
As legendary bebop rebel Charlie Parker once put it, "If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn." Unwinding that Zen-like statement, Santoro traces...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0195154819

ISBN13:9780195154818

Release Date:May 2004

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:320 Pages

Weight:1.40 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.2" x 9.6"

Related Subjects

Arts, Music & Photography Folk & Traditional History & Criticism Music Musical Genres Performing Arts

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