Bibliograph

The art of jazz, essays on the nature and development of jazz, Edited by Martin T. Williams

Type

Label

The art of jazz, essays on the nature and development of jazz, Edited by Martin T. Williams

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes discography (pages [239]-241)

Illustrations

music

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The art of jazz

Nature of contents

discographies

Oclc number

611460

Responsibility statement

Edited by Martin T. Williams

Sub title

essays on the nature and development of jazz

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Prologue : Sidney Bechet in Europe, 1919 / Ernest Ansermet -- Sonny Terry and his blues / Marshall Stearns -- Ragtime / Guy Waterman -- Jelly Roll Morton and the Frog-i-more Rag / William Russell -- King Oliver's creole jazz band / Larry Gushee -- James P. Johnson / Ross Russell -- Dixieland / Orrin Keepnews -- Bix Beiderbecke / George Avakian -- Bessie Smith / George Avakian -- Recording limits and blues form / Martin Williams -- Three boogie-woogie blues pianists / William Russell -- Big Maceo / Paul Oliver -- Duke Ellington in the nineteen-thirties / Charles Fox -- Duke Ellington / Vic Bellerby -- Billie Holiday / Glenn Coulter -- The genius of Art Tatum / Andre Hodeir -- Charlie Christian / Al Avakian -- Bebop / Ross Russell -- Two notes on modern jazzmen / Paul Bacon -- Looking back at the modern jazz quartet / Max Williams -- The funky-hard bop regresion / Martin Williams -- A basic library of jazz on LP -- Index

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