Visions of jazz : the first century /
Poised to become a classic of jazz literature, Visions of Jazz: The First Century offers seventy-nine chapters illuminating the lives of virtually all the major figures in jazz history. From Louis Armstrong's renegade-style trumpet playing to Sarah Vaughan's operatic crooning, and from the...
| Основен автор: | Giddins, Gary. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New York :
Oxford University Press,
1999, ℗♭1998.
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| Издание: | 1st pbk. ed. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=364444 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Visions of jazz. |
| Резюме: |
Poised to become a classic of jazz literature, Visions of Jazz: The First Century offers seventy-nine chapters illuminating the lives of virtually all the major figures in jazz history. From Louis Armstrong's renegade-style trumpet playing to Sarah Vaughan's operatic crooning, and from the swinging elegance of Duke Ellington to the pioneering experiments of Ornette Coleman, jazz critic Gary Giddins continually astonishes the reader with his unparalleled insight. Writing with the grace and wit that have endeared his prose to Village Voice readers for decades, Giddins also widens the scope of ja. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xi, 690 pages) : music |
| ISBN: |
9780199857524 0199857520 |