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Review: A New History of JazzUser Review - Liam - GoodreadsFinally finished! This book is a bit long even for my taste; Alyn Shipton pays special attention in this book to the formative era of Jazz as a style of music, going into great detail about pre-WWII ... Read full review Review: A New History of JazzUser Review - Deborah J. - GoodreadsThe first third of the book was intriguing with information about the roots of jazz that made me completely change my masterclass about the birth of jazz. After that, there was a bit of rambling and then some statements that were overly-opinionated. Overall, I was very glad to have read it. Read full review Related books
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Common terms and phrases52nd Street African African-American album alto American arrangements audience band's bandleader Basie's bass bassist beat bebop became began Benny big band Billy Blue Note brass broadcasts Calloway Calloway's career Charlie Parker Chicago chords chorus clarinet clarinetist Club Coleman Coleman Hawkins Coltrane Coltrane's compositions concert create Creole dance Danny Barker Davis's developed discs Dixieland Dizzy Gillespie drummer drums early Ellington ensemble example Fats Waller Fletcher Henderson free jazz Gillespie's Goodman guitar guitarist Gunther Schuller Harlem harmonic Hawkins heard Henderson ideas improvisation instruments Jazz Band jazz musicians Jimmy John Johnson late later line-up Louis Armstrong melody Miles Davis Mingus Morton orchestra Orleans performance phrases pianist piano piece players playing popular quartet quintet ragtime recorded repertoire rhythm section rhythmic saxophone saxophonist session singers singing small group solo soloists songs sound studio style swing syncopated tenorist theaters took touring tradition trio trombone trombonist trumpeter tune vocal Whiteman York Bibliographic information
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