At the jazz band ball : sixty years on the jazz scene
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- ISBN: 0520261135
- ISBN: 9780520261136 (cloth : alk. paper)
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Physical Description:
xvii, 246 p. ; 24 cm.
print - Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2010.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Roth Family Foundation music in America imprint"--Prelim. p. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-226) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | What am I here for? The rules of my jazz odyssey -- In the presence of Ellington -- Jazz credentials -- The jazz life on and off the road -- Who is a jazz singer? -- The life force of the music -- Finding the first amendment groove -- Roots -- The survivors -- The regenerators -- The master teachers. |
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Subject: | Music History and criticism Jazz History and criticism |
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At the Jazz Band Ball : Sixty Years on the Jazz Scene
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Table of Contents
At the Jazz Band Ball : Sixty Years on the Jazz Scene
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
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Foreword Lewis Porter | p. xi | |
Acknowledgments | p. xvii | |
Introduction | p. 1 | |
Part 1 | What Am I Here for? The Rules of My Jazz Odyssey | |
1 | Who Owns Jazz? | p. 9 |
2 | My Debt to Artie Shaw | p. 11 |
3 | The Family of Jazz | p. 12 |
4 | Beyond the Process | p. 14 |
5 | Playing Changes on Jazz Interviews | p. 16 |
Part 2 | In the Presence of Ellington | |
6 | Inside the Ellington Band | p. 21 |
7 | Duke Ellington's Posthumous Revenge | p. 23 |
8 | Essentially Duke (and Wynton) | p. 24 |
9 | Ellington's Band Is Heavenly in These "Live" Forties Recordings | p. 26 |
Part 3 | Jazz Credentials | |
10 | Is Jazz Black Music? | p. 31 |
11 | No One Else Sounded Like "Pee Wee" Russell | p. 33 |
12 | Just Call Him Thelonious | p. 35 |
13 | Remembering Dizzy | p. 40 |
14 | Oscar Peterson: A Jazz "Behemoth" Moves On | p. 42 |
15 | A Great Night in Providence for Jazz and Snow | p. 43 |
16 | The Perfect Jazz Club | p. 45 |
17 | Anita O'Day: The Life of a Music Legend | p. 47 |
18 | The Music of the 1930s Is Back in Full Swing | p. 49 |
19 | The Expansive Jazz Journey of Marian McPartland | p. 52 |
20 | Going Inside Jazz with Wynton | p. 54 |
Part 4 | The Jazz Life on and off the Road | |
21 | Memories are Made of This: A Conversation with Clark Terry | p. 59 |
22 | Man, I'm So Lucky to Be a Jazz Musician: Phil Woods | p. 66 |
23 | Conventional Unwisdom about Jazz | p. 74 |
Part 5 | Who is a Jazz Singer? | |
24 | Are Krall and Monheit Jazz Singers? | p. 79 |
25 | Billie Holiday, Live: A Biography in Music | p. 80 |
26 | This Daughter of Jazz Is One Cool Cat | p. 83 |
27 | The Springtime of Frank Sinatra | p. 85 |
28 | Sinatra Sings in Vegas, and You are There | p. 87 |
29 | She's on the Road to Renown | p. 89 |
30 | Bing and Guests Swing on the Air | p. 91 |
Part 6 | The life force of the music | |
31 | The Joyous Power of Black Gospel Music | p. 97 |
32 | The Healing Power of Jazz | p. 99 |
33 | Old Country Jewish Blues and Ornette Coleman | p. 101 |
34 | The Jewish Soul of Willie "The Lion" Smith | p. 103 |
Part 7 | Finding the First Amendment Groove | |
35 | Satchmo's Rap Sheet | p. 109 |
36 | The Constitution of a Jazzman | p. 111 |
37 | How Jazz Helped Hasten the Civil Rights Movement | p. 113 |
38 | The Congressman from the Land of Jazz | p. 117 |
39 | Jazz Musicians in the Public Square | p. 119 |
40 | Quincy Jones-Past, Present and Future | p. 121 |
Part 8 | Roots | |
41 | King Oliver in the Groove(s) | p. 127 |
42 | Giants at Play | p. 129 |
43 | Barrelhouse Chuck Goering Keeps the Blues Alive | p. 131 |
44 | Jazz's History Is Living in Queens... | p. 133 |
45 | Uncovering Jazz Trails | p. 136 |
46 | Expanding the Map | p. 138 |
Part 9 | The Survivors | |
47 | The Thoreau of Jazz | p. 143 |
48 | A Living Memory of Dr. Art | p. 145 |
49 | Barren Days | p. 146 |
50 | Keeping Jazz-and Its Musicians-Alive | p. 148 |
51 | In New Orleans, the Saints are Marching In Again | p. 150 |
52 | The Beating Heart of Jazz | p. 152 |
Part 10 | The Regenerators | |
53 | Bridging Generations | p. 157 |
54 | The Rebirth of the Hot Jazz Violin | p. 159 |
55 | The Newest Jazz Generation | p. 161 |
56 | Born in Israel | p. 163 |
57 | Theo Croker Arrives | p. 164 |
58 | The Ladies Who Swung the Band | p. 167 |
59 | Nineteen-Year-Old Saxophonist Verifies Future of Jazz | p. 172 |
Part 11 | The Master Teachers | |
60 | A Complete Jazzman | p. 177 |
61 | The Lifetime Teacher: Jon Faddis | p. 178 |
62 | A House of Swing-for All Ages | p. 193 |
63 | Inside the Jazz Experience: Ron Carter | p. 196 |
64 | These Little Kids Think Coltrane Is Cool | p. 210 |
Epilogue: My Life Lessons from the Jazz "Souls on Fire" | p. 213 | |
Credits | p. 223 | |
Index | p. 227 |