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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-American album American arrangements audience Author's interview band's bandleader Basie's bass bassist beat bebop became began Benny big band Billy Blue Note brass broadcasts Calloway career Charlie Parker Chicago chords chorus clarinet clarinetist Club Coleman Coleman Hawkins Coltrane Coltrane's composer compositions concert create Creole dance Danny Barker developed discs Dixieland Dizzy Gillespie drummer drums Duke Ellington early Ellington ensemble example Fats Waller Fletcher Henderson free jazz Gillespie's Goodman guitar guitarist Gunther Schuller harmonic Hawkins heard Henderson ideas improvisation instrumental Jazz Band jazz musicians Jimmy John Johnson later lineup London Louis Armstrong melody Miles Davis orchestra Orleans performance phrases pianist piano piece players playing popular quartet quintet ragtime recorded repertoire rhythm section rhythmic saxophone saxophonist session singer 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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