Essential Jazz Records
Volume 1: Ragtime to Swing
Essential Jazz Records
Volume 1: Ragtime to Swing
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Description
First published in 1984 and reissued to coincide withthe publication of the second volume, this selection of the 250 best jazz records traces the earliest roots of the music to the beginnings of the modern jazz era. Volume One's focus is on LP collections of 78 rpm originals and nearly every significant musician--both familiar and obscure--of early 20th-century jazz is listed. For each record listed, full details of personnel, recording dates and locations are provided.
Table of Contents
1. Origins
2. The Twenties: Variations on the New Orleans Style
3. The Twenties: Styles other than New Orleans
4. Jazz in Europe
5. Interlude: The Influence of jazz on European composers
6. The Thirties and Swing
7. Against the current: Traditional survivals and revivals
8. The transition to modern jazz
Product details
| Published | 01 Dec 1999 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 608 |
| ISBN | 9780567269690 |
| Imprint | Mansell |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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