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The book closes with the transcript of an interview that Schuller conducted with the Denver violinist and band leader George Morrison. Morrison describes playing jazz in Denver before 1920, employing figures who became important later, such as Andy Kirk and Jimmie Lunceford. The interview backs up Schuller's contention that early jazz was ...
One of the first books with the word "jazz" in the title originates from Germany.In his book Jazz – Eine Musikalische Zeitfrage (Jazz – A Musical Issue) of 1927, Paul Bernhard relates the term Jazz to a specific dance.
Django Reinhardt and the Illustrated History of Gypsy Jazz. Fulcrum Publishing. ISBN 978-1-933108-10-0. Driggs, Frank; Haddix, Chuck (2006). Kansas City Jazz: From Ragtime to Bebop – A History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-530712-2. Dyer, Geoff (10 May 2012). But Beautiful: A Book About Jazz. Canongate Books. ISBN 978-0-85786-335-5.
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, hymns, marches, vaudeville song, and dance music.
The Penguin Guide to Jazz is a reference work containing an encyclopedic directory of jazz recordings on CD which were (at the time of publication) currently available in Europe or the United States. The first nine editions were compiled by Richard Cook and Brian Morton , two chroniclers of jazz resident in the United Kingdom.
Together they discovered jazz music through listening to the Mitchell's Jazz Kings and other black bands in the Alhambra theater. In that period Belgium was in fact the 'jazz capital' of Europe. There were also successful white jazz bands, such as "The Georgians" with Charles Remue - now considered a pioneer of jazz in Belgium. From 1920 on he ...
He has also written broad survey books on jazz and jazz-rock, is a contributing author to The Cambridge Companion to Jazz (2003, Cambridge University Press), and has chronicled the development of jazz fusion in Europe in the 21st century. [1] Nicholson is a former faculty member of the Leeds College of Music where he worked as a visiting professor.
The Oxford Companion to Jazz. Oxford University Press US. ISBN 0-19-518359-2. Knapp, Raymond (2005). The American Musical and the Formation of National Identity. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-11864-7. Koenig, Karl (2002). Jazz in Print (1856-1929): An Anthology of Selected Early Readings in Jazz History. Pendragon Press. ISBN 1-57647 ...