| Author | : Ted Gioia |
| Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
| Total Pages | : 450 |
| Release | : 1998-10 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 9780520217294 |
Ted Gioia tells the story of jazz as it has never been told before, in a book that brilliantly portrays the legendary players, the breakthrough styles, and the world in which it evolved. Gioia provides readers with lively portraits of great musicians, intertwined with vibrant commentary on the music they created. 9 photos.
| Author | : Robert Gordon (M.A.) |
| Publisher | : Quartet Books (UK) |
| Total Pages | : 272 |
| Release | : 1986 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Clora Bryant |
| Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
| Total Pages | : 502 |
| Release | : 1998 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780520220980 |
Here too are recollections of Hollywood's effects on local culture, the precedent-setting merger of the black and white musicians' unions, and the repercussions from the racism in the Los Angeles Police Department in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
| Author | : Elizabeth Pepin |
| Publisher | : Chronicle Books |
| Total Pages | : 200 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780811845489 |
Harlem of the West reveals a forgotten slice of San Francisco history and the African-American experience on the West Coast: the thriving jazz scene of the Fillmore in the 1940s and 1950s. With archival photographs and oral accounts from the residents and musicians who experienced it, this vividly illustrated tour will delight jazz fans and history aficionados.
| Author | : Ted Gioia |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 175 |
| Release | : 1990-07-19 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : 0195362594 |
Taking a wide-ranging approach rare in jazz criticism, Ted Gioia's brilliant volume draws upon fields as disparate as literary criticism, art history, sociology, and aesthetic philosophy in order to place jazz within the turbulent cultural environment of the twentieth century. He argues that because improvisation--the essence of jazz--must often fail under the pressure of on-the-spot creativity, we should view jazz as an "imperfect art" and base our judgments of it on an "aesthetics of imperfection." Incorporating the thought of such seminal thinkers as Walter Benjamin, José Ortega y Gasset, and Roland Barthes, The Imperfect Art offers vivid portraits of the giants of jazz and startling insights into this vital musical form and the interaction of society and art.
| Author | : Ted Gioia |
| Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
| Total Pages | : 448 |
| Release | : 1998-10 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0520217292 |
Ted Gioia tells the story of jazz as it has never been told before, in a book that brilliantly portrays the legendary players, the breakthrough styles, and the world in which it evolved. Gioia provides readers with lively portraits of great musicians, intertwined with vibrant commentary on the music they created. 9 photos.
| Author | : Phil Pastras |
| Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
| Total Pages | : 276 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 0520236874 |
"It is hard to say which makes for the more compelling narrative: the life of jazz great Jelly Roll Morton or the detective work that Phil Pastras undertook in putting together this engaging book. Dead Man Blues tells both these tales admirably, drawing on a treasure-trove of previously unknown material. It is both an important contribution to jazz scholarship and a fascinating piece of storytelling."—Ted Gioia, author of The History of Jazz and West Coast Jazz "Meticulously researched, including primary source material recently uncovered by the author, Dead Man Blues is not only a masterfully written, definitive account of Jelly Roll Morton's west coast years, but also a penetrating psychological and social study of the man and the forces that drove and shaped him."—Steve Isoardi, co-author of Central Avenue Sounds "A must-read for all jazz aficionados."—Gerald Wilson "One of the best books ever written about Jelly Roll Morton."—Gerald Wiggins, jazz pianist
| Author | : Art Pepper |
| Publisher | : Hachette UK |
| Total Pages | : 438 |
| Release | : 2024-09-17 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : 0306837676 |
Art Pepper (1925-1982) was called the greatest alto saxophonist of the post-Charlie Parker generation. But his autobiography, Straight Life, is much more than a jazz book--it is one of the most explosive, yet one of the most lyrical, of all autobiographies. This edition is updated with an extensive afterword by Laurie Pepper covering Art Pepper's last years, and a complete and up-to-date discography by Todd Selbert.
| Author | : Ted Gioia |
| Publisher | : Hachette UK |
| Total Pages | : 528 |
| Release | : 2019-10-15 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : 1541617975 |
"A dauntingly ambitious, obsessively researched" (Los Angeles Times) global history of music that reveals how songs have shifted societies and sparked revolutions. Histories of music overwhelmingly suppress stories of the outsiders and rebels who created musical revolutions and instead celebrate the mainstream assimilators who borrowed innovations, diluted their impact, and disguised their sources. In Music: A Subversive History, Ted Gioia reclaims the story of music for the riffraff, insurgents, and provocateurs. Gioia tells a four-thousand-year history of music as a global source of power, change, and upheaval. He shows how outcasts, immigrants, slaves, and others at the margins of society have repeatedly served as trailblazers of musical expression, reinventing our most cherished songs from ancient times all the way to the jazz, reggae, and hip-hop sounds of the current day. Music: A Subversive History is essential reading for anyone interested in the meaning of music, from Sappho to the Sex Pistols to Spotify.
