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Jazz - A Regional Exploration

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Informationen zum Autor Scott Yanow has written several books on jazz, including Jazz on Record: The First Sixty Years and Jazz on Film . Klappentext Many describe jazz asa the one true form of American music. Arising out of the syncopated rhythms of African music, Cajun songs, and Ragtime, jazz evolved in many 'scenes' throughout the country. The Young Lions jazz movement in New Orleans spread up the Mississippi in the northern Migration. Communities such as St. Louis and Sedalia became jazz centers, while Count Bassie led a revolution in Kansas City. Chicago became a center of freewheeling jazz in the 1920s with the efforts of Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver, and Louis Armstrong, while classic jazz and swing took root in New York City in the '30s and '40s behind Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, and Benny Goodman. And while 'boogie woogie' and 'hot jazz' grew out of the Big Apple, a generation of experimental musicians such as Chet Baker and Stan Kenton stood at the forefront of West Coast jazz. Yankow carefully traces the evolution of jazz from regional manifestations to an increasingly national language at the turn of the 20th century.Many audiophiles describe jazz as the one true form of American music. Arising out of the syncopated rhythms of African music, Cajun songs, and Ragtime, jazz evolved in many scenes throughout the country. The Young Lions jazz movement in New Orleans spread up the Mississippi in the northern Migration. Missouri communities such as St. Louis and Sedalia became jazz centers, while Count Basie led a revolution in Kansas City. Chicago became a center of freewheeling jazz in the 1920s with the efforts of Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver, and Louis Armstrong, while classic jazz and swing took root in New York City in the '30s and '40s behind Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, and Benny Goodman, the King of Swing. And while boogie woogie and hot jazz grew out of the Big Apple, a generation of experimental musicians such as Chet Baker and Stan Kenton stood at the forefront of West Coast jazz and the Los Angeles scene. Noted jazz writer Scott Yanow carefully traces the evolution of jazz from regional manifestations to an increasingly national language at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries.The Greenwood Guide to American Roots Music series includes volumes on musical genres that have pervaded American culture. This series describes American musical traditions that have been associated with specific geographic regions throughout our nation. Each volume explores the different ways that a genre, such as jazz, has evolved naturally in different regions and scenes while becoming an undeniable element of American culture. Zusammenfassung Chicago became a center of freewheeling jazz in the 1920s with the efforts of Jelly Roll Morton! King Oliver! and Louis Armstrong! while classic jazz and swing took root in New York City in the '30s and '40s behind Duke Ellington! Cab Calloway! and Benny Goodman! the King of Swing. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Foreword Preface Introduction Chapters 1-10 Timeline Biography Section Bibliography ...

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Authors Scott Yanow
Publisher Abc Clio Press
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 28.02.2005
 
EAN 9780313328718
ISBN 978-0-313-32871-8
No. of pages 287
Dimensions 178 mm x 254 mm x 25 mm
Series Greenwood Guides to American R
Greenwood Guides to American Roots Music
Subject Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries

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