Jazz for Beginners: 42 (For Beginners S.) - Softcover

David, Ron

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0863161650 ISBN 13: 9780863161650

Publisher: Writers and Readers Ltd, 1995

Synopsis

Jazz is the century's most significant musical form, and JAZZ FORBEGINNERS follows its African roots to its American birthplace, and itsearliest pioneers Jelly Roll, Bessie Smith, Louise Armstrong. The royaltyof jazz Duke Ellington, Count Basie and King Oliver take theirplaces, and there are profiles too, of innovators like Charlie Parker and DizzyGillespie, Miles Davis and Billie Holiday, Ornette Coleman and Thelonius Monk.From the piano rags of the 1890s to the techno-funk-acid bands of the 1990s,and with a fun glossary of mid-century bebop slang, this is a greatintroduction to anyone who wants to know more about their century's music.

About this edition

• Publisher: Writers and Readers Ltd
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0863161650
• ISBN 13: 9780863161650
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 156
• Illustrator: Holley Vanessa