The Guide to Classic Recorded Jazz

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Authors: Tom Piazza

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title
:
The Guide to Classic Recorded Jazz
author
:
Piazza, Tom.
publisher
:
University of Iowa Press
isbn10 | asin
:
0877454892
print isbn13
:
9780877454892
ebook isbn13
:
9781587291883
language
:
English
subject
 
Jazz--Discography, Sound recordings--Reviews.
publication date
:
1995
lcc
:
ML156.4.J3P53 1995eb
ddc
:
016.78165/0266
subject
:
Jazz--Discography, Sound recordings--Reviews.
Page iii
The Guide to Classic Recorded Jazz
Tom Piazza
University of Iowa Press
Iowa City
 
Page iv
University of Iowa Press,
Iowa City 52242
Copyright (c) 1995 by Tom Piazza
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
Design by Richard Hendel
No part of this book may be reproduced or used in any form or by any
means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording,
without permission in writing from the publisher.
Printed on acid-free paper
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Piazza, Tom, 1955-
The guide to classic recorded jazz / by Tom Piazza.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-87745-489-2 (acid-free paper)
1. Jazz - Discography. 2. Sound recordings - Reviews. I. Title.
ML156.4.J3P53 1995
016.78165'0266 - dc20                                              94-36373
                                                                                        CIP
                                                                                             MN
01 00 99 98     P 5 4 3
 
Page v
FOR MY MOTHER AND FATHER
and for everybody in the woodshed
 
Page vii
CONTENTS
Introduction
xiii
Acknowledgments
xvii
Ensembles
Many Voices
New Orleans Polyphony, the Original Dixieland Jazz Band
3
King Oliver: The Creole Jazz Band (with Louis Armstrong)
5
Breaks
6
More Oliver
7
Jelly Roll Morton: The Red Hot Peppers
9
Riffs
12
More Morton
13
Breaking Out: The Soloist and the Arranger
15
Cornet Chop Suey: Louis Armstrong's Hot Five, Johnny Dodds, Jimmie Noone
17
Settling Down: Big Bands of Fletcher Henderson, Don Redman, Bennie Moten
19
Duke Ellington, Part 1
22
Lonely Melody: Bix Beiderbecke and Frank Trumbauer, Jack Teagarden, Early Benny Goodman
25
Swinging Out
The development of the swing big band, the straight four-four time feel, and the science of riffing
29
Riffing: More Early Big Bands
30

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