Texan Jazz
Texas musicians and jazz share a history that goes all the way back to the origins of jazz in ragtime, blues, and boogie-woogie. Texans have left their mark on all of jazz's major movements, including hot jazz, swing, bebop, the birth of the cool, hard bop, and free jazz. Yet these musicians are seldom identified as Texans because their careers often took them to the leading jazz centers in New Orleans, Chicago, New York, Kansas City, and Los Angeles. In...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0292760450
ISBN13:9780292760455
Release Date:April 1996
Publisher:University of Texas Press
Length:493 Pages
Weight:0.55 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
The author describes the careers and recordings of many Texans that found fame in other places like Jack Teagarden, Scott Joplin, Hot Lips Page, Harry James and others. For anyone who loves jazz, it will be fascinating reading.
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