Riding On A Blue Note: Jazz And American Pop - Brossura

Giddins, Gary

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ISBN 10: 0306809249 ISBN 13: 9780306809248

Casa editrice: Da Capo Press, 2000

Riassunto

Gary Giddins, winner of the 1998 National Book Critics Circle Award, has a following that includes not only jazz enthusiasts but also pop music fans of every stripe. Writing here in a lyrical and celebratory style all his own, Giddins dazzlingly shows us,among many other things,how performers originally perceived as radical (Bing Crosby, Count Basie, Elvis Presley) became conservative institutions ... how Charlie Parker created a masterpiece from the strain of an inane ditty ... how the Dominoes helped combine church ritual with pop music ... and how Irving Berlin translated a chiaroscuro of Lower East Side minorities into imperishable songs.

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L'autore:

Gary Giddins is a columnist for the Village Voice and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Visions of Jazz. He is also the author of a biography of Bing Crosby. His work has won numerous prizes, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, five ASCAP-Deems Taylor awards, and an American Book Award. He lives in New York City.

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• Editore: Da Capo Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0306809249
• ISBN 13: 9780306809248
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 336