Bluff Your Way in Jazz (Bluffer's Guides) - Softcover

Gammond, Peter; Clayton, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0948456647 ISBN 13: 9780948456640

Publisher: Oval Books, 2000

Synopsis

Instantly acquire all the knowledge you need to pass as an expert in the world of jazz. Never again confuse your corn with your jam, your mouldy fig with your funky smelly, or your hep with your hip. Bask in the admiration of your fellow enthusiasts as you explain the difference between bebop and hard bop, and pronounce confidently about the provenance of the word jazz (and, indeed, boogie ). DO SAY One of the most pivotal moments in the evolution of jazz was when it went up the river from New Orleans to Chicago. DON T SAY Deaf Rhubarb Blenkinsop was arguably the most seminal figure in the history of British jazz. After Porridge Foot Pete, of course. DEFINITELY DON T SAY Don t give me that jive, hepcat. The Bluffer's® Guides: the 5-million-copy bestselling book series. These short, humorous guides contain all the facts you need to become an instant expert.

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Review

No two jazz enthusiasts ever agree about anything. This witty, elegant book, mixing the erudite with the mythical, will bolster spirited disagreements for many years to come. --Alyn Shipton, Writer, Critic And Presenter, BBC Radio 3 S Jazz Record Requests

Hilarious! I m insisting all my civilian friends read this as soon as possible! --Claire Martin OBE, Jazz Singer and Presenter, BBC Radio 3 S Jazz Line-Up

About the Author

Paul Barnes took up the trumpet aged 11, and while at art school he played in the Weary City Stompers (WC, for short). He has worked as a presenter on BBC Radio 4 s Today, The World at One and Woman s Hour, among others, and continues to dispense his blend of rhythm and rhubarb weekly some say weakly on the BBC radio jazz and blues programme The Late Paul Barnes. Peter Gammond Peter Gammond was an infant prodigy, playing the gramophone at the age of three and revealing a natural winding action that was the admiration of all who beheld it. He is now acknowledged as one of the country s leading gramophone players, as well as the author of an excessive number of books on music. Most of them have been compiled from the bits that zealous editors removed from earlier ones. Thus there is a remarkable uniformity about his work (something that has not escaped his critics).

About this edition

• Publisher: Oval Books
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0948456647
• ISBN 13: 9780948456640
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64