The Story of Jazz
The Story of Jazz

Author: Marshall Winslow Stearns

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1970

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 9780195012699

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The first and most renowned history of the evolution of the unique American musical phenomenon called jazz, The Story of Jazz follows the course of jazz from the union of the black African musical heritage with European forms and its birth in New Orleans, through the era of swing and bop, to the beginnings of rock in the '50s.

Jazz
Jazz

Author: Eddie S. Meadows

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-23

Total Pages: 782

ISBN-13: 1136776028

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Jazz: Research and Pedagogy is the third edition of an annotated bibliography to books, recordings, videos, and websites in the field of jazz. Since the publication of the 2nd edition in 1995, the quantity and quality of books on jazz research, performance, and teaching materials have increased. Although the 1995 book was the most comprehensive annotated jazz bibliography published to that date, several books on research, performance, and teaching materials were omitted. In addition, given the proliferation of new books in all jazz areas since 1995, the need for a new, comprehensive, and annotated reference book on jazz is apparent. Multiply indexed, this book will serve as an excellent tool for librarians, researchers, and scholars in sorting through the massive amount of new material that has appeared in the field over the last decade.

Popular Music
Popular Music

Author: Roman Iwaschkin

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-04-14

Total Pages: 675

ISBN-13: 1317223454

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This is a comprehensive guide to popular music literature, first published in 1986. Its main focus is on American and British works, but it includes significant works from other countries, making it truly international in scope.

The Life and Writings of Ralph J. Gleason
The Life and Writings of Ralph J. Gleason

Author: Don Armstrong

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2024-01-11

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1501367005

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Discover the enthralling world of Ralph J. Gleason, a pioneering music journalist who expanded the possibilities of the newspaper music column, sparked the San Francisco jazz and rock scenes, and co-founded Rolling Stone magazine. Gleason not only reported on but influenced the trajectory of popular music. He alone chronicled the unparalleled evolution of popular music from the 1930s into the 1970s, and while doing so, interviewed and befriended many trailblazers such as Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Bob Dylan, and the Beatles. A true iconoclast, he dismantled the barriers between popular and highbrow music, and barriers separating the musical genres. He played a crucial role in shaping postwar music criticism by covering all genres and analyzing music's social, political, and historical meanings. This book uncovers never-before-seen letters, anecdotes, family accounts, and exclusive interviews to reveal one of the most intriguing personalities of the 20th century.

Jazz Among the Discourses
Jazz Among the Discourses

Author: Krin Gabbard

Publisher: Duke University Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9780822315964

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Employing modes of criticism and theory that have transformed study in the humanities, this title addresses questions seldom if ever raised in jazz writing: What are the implications of building jazz history around the medium of the phonograph record? Why did jazz writers first make the claim that jazz is an art?