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Jazz in American Culture
ISBN: 9781853312045 / Angielski / Miękka / 193 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work is distinctive in looking at jazz both as a music and as a culture within the wider American context and in opening up the subject to the non-specialist. It examines th social and institutional structures that have underpinned the music at particular stages in its history and considers its place as a component of the entertainment industry. It looks at the direct influence of jazz upon other arts and its more indirect influence as a cultural presence and source of meaning. It argues that jazz culture has provided an influential model in relation to a number of issues affecting...
This work is distinctive in looking at jazz both as a music and as a culture within the wider American context and in opening up the subject to the no...
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151,24 zł |
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Miles Davis: The Definitive Biography
ISBN: 9780006530268 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This revised edition of Ian Carr's biography of Miles Davis throws new light on his life and career from the early days in New York, with Charlie Parker, to his Birth of the Cool band, through his drug addiction in the early 1950s, and the years of extraordinary achievements during which he signed with Columbia, and drew to his band such unequalled talents as John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Wynton Kelly and Cannonball Adderly.
This revised edition of Ian Carr's biography of Miles Davis throws new light on his life and career from the early days in New York, with Charlie Park...
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97,59 zł |
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The Cambridge Companion to Jazz
ISBN: 9780521663205 / Angielski / Twarda / 426 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The vibrant world of jazz may be viewed from many angles, from social and cultural history to music analysis, from economics to ethnography. It is challenging and exciting territory. This volume of nineteen specially commissioned essays offers informed and accessible guidance to the challenge, taking the reader through a series of five basic subject areas--locating jazz historically and geographically; defining jazz as musical and cultural practice; jazz in performance; the uses of jazz for audiences, markets, education and for other art forms; and the study of jazz.
The vibrant world of jazz may be viewed from many angles, from social and cultural history to music analysis, from economics to ethnography. It is cha...
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426,41 zł |
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The Rise of a Jazz Art World
ISBN: 9780521801911 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The origins of jazz were in the barrelhouses of New Orleans and the speakeasies of Chicago. By the nineteen fifties, a musical renaissance transformed jazz into a high art form. Paul Lopes shows how the rise of a jazz art world was a unique movement--a socially diverse community of musicians, critics, collectors, producers, and enthusiasts that struggled in various ways against cultural orthodoxy in America. This accessible, interdisciplinary book will be of great interest to scholars and students of sociology, cultural studies, American studies, African-American studies, and jazz studies.
The origins of jazz were in the barrelhouses of New Orleans and the speakeasies of Chicago. By the nineteen fifties, a musical renaissance transformed...
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451,11 zł |
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The Musical World of J.J. Johnson
ISBN: 9780810842472 / Angielski / Miękka / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. NOW IN PAPERBACK J.J. Johnson, known as the spiritual father of modern trombone, has been a notable figure in the history of jazz. His career has embodied virtually every innovation and development in jazz over the past half-century. In this first comprehensive biography, filmography, catalog of compositions, and discography, the authors explore Johnson's childhood and early education, document his first compositions, and examine his classical roots, thereby creating a unique and powerful illustration of the composer's technical and stylistic development. New in the paperback edition is an...
NOW IN PAPERBACK J.J. Johnson, known as the spiritual father of modern trombone, has been a notable figure in the history of jazz. His career has emb...
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545,32 zł |
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In Session With Charlie Parker
ISBN: 9780571525980 / Angielski / Mixed media product / 52 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Presents six classic Charlie Parker tracks, transcribed and arranged by saxophonists for saxophonists. This book contains note-for-note topline transcriptions; chord symbols; a breakdown and analysis of each solo, containing useful hints and tips; and, biographical notes on the artist and a discography.
Presents six classic Charlie Parker tracks, transcribed and arranged by saxophonists for saxophonists. This book contains note-for-note topline transc...
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97,59 zł |
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150 Of The Best Jazz Standards Ever
ISBN: 9781846096075 / Angielski / Miękka / 584 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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179,80 zł |
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The Playboy Guide to Jazz
ISBN: 9780747543770 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The only guide to combine a list of 250 essential jazz CDs with the history of recorded jazz.
The only guide to combine a list of 250 essential jazz CDs with the history of recorded jazz.
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93,30 zł |
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Big Ears: Listening for Gender in Jazz Studies
ISBN: 9780822343202 / Angielski / Miękka / 474 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In jazz circles, players and listeners with big ears hear and engage complexity in the moment, as it unfolds. Taking gender as part of the intricate, unpredictable action in jazz culture, this interdisciplinary collection explores the terrain opened up by listening, with big ears, for gender in jazz. Essays range from a reflection on the female boogie-woogie pianists who played at Cafe Society in New York during the 1930s and 1940s to interpretations of how the jazzman is represented in Dorothy Baker s novel Young Man with a Horn (1938) and Michael Curtiz s film adaptation (1950)....
In jazz circles, players and listeners with big ears hear and engage complexity in the moment, as it unfolds. Taking gender as part of the intricate, ...
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135,59 zł |
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Big Ears: Listening for Gender in Jazz Studies
ISBN: 9780822343363 / Angielski / Twarda / 460 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In jazz circles, players and listeners with big ears hear and engage complexity in the moment, as it unfolds. Taking gender as part of the intricate, unpredictable action in jazz culture, this interdisciplinary collection explores the terrain opened up by listening, with big ears, for gender in jazz. Essays range from a reflection on the female boogie-woogie pianists who played at Cafe Society in New York during the 1930s and 1940s to interpretations of how the jazzman is represented in Dorothy Baker s novel Young Man with a Horn (1938) and Michael Curtiz s film adaptation (1950)....
In jazz circles, players and listeners with big ears hear and engage complexity in the moment, as it unfolds. Taking gender as part of the intricate, ...
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516,47 zł |
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The Contradictions of Jazz
ISBN: 9780810861435 / Angielski / Miękka / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Contradictions of Jazz examines four pairs of opposites in jazz-freedom and responsibility, creativity and tradition, individualism and interconnectedness, and assertion and openness-and explores their position and presence in jazz to create a humanistic and existential view of the genre.
The Contradictions of Jazz examines four pairs of opposites in jazz-freedom and responsibility, creativity and tradition, individualism and interconne...
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593,78 zł |
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Teaching Jazz: A Course of Study
ISBN: 9781565451025 / Angielski / Miękka / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Provides guidance on starting a jazz-oriented program in conjunction with any program. Organized in six levels from Beginner to Advanced, this work is suitable for any age or grade level and is designed so students and teachers may work at their own pace. It is developed by the International Association for Jazz Education Curriculum Committee.
Provides guidance on starting a jazz-oriented program in conjunction with any program. Organized in six levels from Beginner to Advanced, this work is...
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208,68 zł |
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An Unsung Cat: The Life and Music of Warne Marsh
ISBN: 9780810853508 / Angielski / Miękka / 430 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. I>An Unsung Cat explores the life and music of jazz saxophonist, Warne Marsh. The book also offers an extensively researched discography and photographs that reveal the public and private face of this unique performer. A significant addition to the literature of jazz studies.
I>An Unsung Cat explores the life and music of jazz saxophonist, Warne Marsh. The book also offers an extensively researched discography and photograp...
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533,21 zł |
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The Duke Ellington Reader
ISBN: 9780195093919 / Angielski / Miękka / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Duke Ellington is universally recognized as one of the towering figures of 20th-century music, both a brilliant composer and one of the preeminent musicians in jazz history. From early pieces such as East St. Louis Toodle-O, Black and Tan Fantasy, It Don't Mean a Thing, and Mood Indigo, to his more complex works such as Reminiscing in Tempo and Black, Brown and Beige, to his later suites and sacred concerts, he left an indelible mark on the musical world. Now, in The Duke Ellington Reader, Mark Tucker offers the first historical anthology of writings about this major African-American...
Duke Ellington is universally recognized as one of the towering figures of 20th-century music, both a brilliant composer and one of the preeminent mus...
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152,05 zł |
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The Culture of Jazz: Jazz as Critical Culture
ISBN: 9780761841357 / Angielski / Miękka / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Culture of Jazz is a collection of essays that view jazz from an anthropological perspective. It focuses on aspects of jazz culture and the ways in which jazz scrutinizes the American lifestyle. Jazz musicians filter their perspective on culture based on African roots. They have an obligation to tell truth to power and provide views of alternative realities. These essays explore many dimensions of the jazz life and its perspectives on cultural realities. Heavily influenced by the perspectives of Neil Leonard and Alan Merriam, The Culture of Jazz covers a broad range of topics making it an...
The Culture of Jazz is a collection of essays that view jazz from an anthropological perspective. It focuses on aspects of jazz culture and the ways i...
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399,90 zł |
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Circular Breathing: The Cultural Politics of Jazz in Britain
ISBN: 9780822335603 / Angielski / Twarda / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Circular Breathing, George McKay, a leading chronicler of British countercultures, uncovers the often surprising ways that jazz has accompanied social change during a period of rapid transformation in Great Britain. Examining jazz from the founding of George Webb s Dixielanders in 1943 through the burgeoning British bebop scene of the early 1950s, the Beaulieu Jazz Festivals of 1956 61, and the improvisational music making of the 1960s and 1970s, McKay reveals the connections of the music, its players, and its subcultures to black and antiracist activism, the Campaign for Nuclear...
In Circular Breathing, George McKay, a leading chronicler of British countercultures, uncovers the often surprising ways that jazz has accompan...
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464,31 zł |
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Jazz and Its Discontents: A Francis Davis Reader
ISBN: 9780306810558 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From Frank Sinatra to Sun Ra, from the jazz age to middle age, with thoughts on everything in-between, Francis Davis has been writing about American music and American culture for more than twenty years. His essays have appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, The New Yorker, and the Village Voice among countless other publications from coast to coast. And now, for the first time, here are his most important writings of his impressive career-the quintessential Davis on everything from why Rent set musicals back two decades, to what Ken Burns should have filmed. And Davis's writing is as enjoyable as...
From Frank Sinatra to Sun Ra, from the jazz age to middle age, with thoughts on everything in-between, Francis Davis has been writing about American m...
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139,48 zł |
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To Be, or Not... to Bop
ISBN: 9780816665471 / Angielski / Miękka / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. You don't have to know John Birks 'Dizzy' Gillespie's songs to feel his influence. The self-taught trumpet player rose from a poor but musically driven upbringing to become a jazz mastermind, founding the bebop movement and giving rise to Afro-Cuban music.
You don't have to know John Birks 'Dizzy' Gillespie's songs to feel his influence. The self-taught trumpet player rose from a poor but musically drive...
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88,63 zł |
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A History of Jazz in Britain, 1919-50
ISBN: 9780955788819 / Angielski / Miękka / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A History of Jazz in Britain 1919-1950 was the first truly comprehensive survey of this phenomenon from a British perspective. Despite the increase in literature since it was first published, there is no other book to rival it. This new edition includes additional photos and an updated text. A History of Jazz in Britain 1919-1950 was the first truly comprehensive survey of this phenomenon from a British perspective. Despite the increase... |
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89,94 zł |
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Moving to Higher Ground: How Jazz Can Change Your Life
ISBN: 9780812969085 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this beautiful book, Pulitzer Prize winning musician and composer Wynton Marsalis draws upon lessons he s learned from a lifetime in jazz lessons that can help us all move to higher ground. With wit and candor he demystifies the music that is the birthright of every American and demonstrates how a real understanding of the central idea of jazz the unique balance between self-expression and sacrifice for the common good exemplified on the bandstand can enrich every aspect of our lives, from the bedroom to the boardroom, from the schoolroom to City Hall. Along the way, Marsalis helps us...
In this beautiful book, Pulitzer Prize winning musician and composer Wynton Marsalis draws upon lessons he s learned from a lifetime in jazz lessons t...
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86,52 zł |
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