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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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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Kirtland Community College Library | ML 60 .H4982 2010 | 30541398 | General Collection | Available | - |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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