The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz - Couverture rigide

Feather, Leonard

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ISBN 10 : 0195074181 ISBN 13 : 9780195074185

Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 1999

Synopsis

Focusing exclusively on biographies, this jazz encyclopaedia contains portraits of 3300 jazz figures and includes extensive coverage of players in Europe, Japan, Africa and Australia, as well as the United States, Canada and Latin America. Each biographical entry contains basic information about the jazz player involved, including details of which bands or groups the artist played with, major recordings and chief jazz influences.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Do you want to know when Duke Ellington was king of The Cotton Club? Have you ever wondered how old Miles Davis was when he got his first trumpet? From birth dates to gig dates and from recordings to television specials, Leonard Feather and Ira Gitler have left no stone unturned in their quest for accurate, detailed information on the careers of 3.300 jazz musicians from around the world. We learn that Duke Ellington worked his magic at The Cotton Club from 1927 to 1931, and that on Miles Davis's thirteenth birthday, his father gave him his first trumpet. Jazz is fast moving, and this edition clearly and concisely maps out an often dizzying web of professional associations. We find, for instance, that when Miles Davis was a St. Louis teenager he encountered Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie for the first time. This meeting proved fateful, and by 1945 a nineteen-year-old Davis had left Juilliard to play with Parker on 52nd Street. Knowledge of these professional alliances, along with the countless others chronicled in this book, are central to tracing the development of significant jazz movements, such as the "cool jazz" that became one of Miles Davis's hallmarks. Arranged alphabetically according to last name, each entry of this book chronologically lists the highlights of every jazz musician's career. Highly accessible and vigorously researched, The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz is, quite simply, the most comprehensive jazz encyclopedia available.

Revue de presse

"As with its predecessors, The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz makes an indelible contribution to the documentation of the lives of the individuals who make the music."--Stanley Crouch

"An invaluable and distinguished contribution to jazz research and scholarship."--Dan Morgenstern, Director of the Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University

"Recommended...for public and academic libraries, especially those supporting strong music collections."--Library Journal

"With more than 3,300 entries, this comprehensive guide puts a century of jazz at readers' fingertips."--Miami Herald

"An indispensable reference source for its comprehensiveness and quality of scholarship."--Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin

"An indispensable research tool for jazz writers, record collectors, musicians, and fans, Leonard Feather's series of biographical dictionaries has served a wide variety of needs for the last 45 years....In this present edition, we find thoroughly updated biographical sketches....All periods and styles of jazz are covered, from early New Orleans jazz to avant garde and free."--JazzTimes

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0195074181
• ISBN 13: 9780195074185
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 738
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Ufficio Anagrafiche Messaggerie; ufficio.anagrafiche@meli.it; ; Via Verdi, 8; Assago Milano; 20090; Italie