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Hot Jazz From Harlem to Storyville

Griffiths, David
Innbundet / 1998 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780810834156
Publisert
1998-11-19
Utgiver
Vendor
Scarecrow Press
Vekt
472 gr
Høyde
223 mm
Bredde
147 mm
Dybde
20 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
272

Forfatter
Griffiths, David

Om bidragsyterne

David Griffiths has been contributing, for the past fifteen years, a weekly jazz column to the South Wales Evening Post. His articles have also appeared in Storyville, The Mississippi Rag, and Jazz Journal.

Hot Jazz From Harlem to Storyville

Griffiths, David
Innbundet / 1998 / Engelsk
Griffiths, David
Innbundet / 1998 / Engelsk
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...what a wealth of information is inspired by this collection of meticulous recollection...

Crescendo & Jazz Music

None of these figures will appear in any but the most detailed history of jazz, yet each has a unique story of his or her own journey in the business...an interesting volume...

CHOICE

Exemplary book...This fine tribute to some of the forgotten men and women of jazz is invaluable as research and uplifting as a documentary.

JazzTimes Magazine

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...even the shortest entries are illuminating...Griffiths takes time to recommend various recordings his subjects appeared on, a valuable inclusion with players this obscure. If you enjoy oral histories, Hot Jazz is a good bet.

Cadence Magazine

...writer David Griffiths' new book offers a fascinating look at the lives of some fine musicians.

South Wales Evening Post

The author is superb with his attention to detail and ability to relate a story without interfering. He never intrudes in the subject's story yet presents it in a manner that is a joy to read.

Jazz Educators Journal

These accounts provide a kind of reading that fills in the gaps; you get a sense of the warp and woof of the jazz life as lived by the journeyman musicians of the big band era.

The Mississippi Rag

David Griffiths interviewed over 30 jazz artists in compiling Hot Jazz. The majority of those interviewed are the important, and oft-overlooked, side-men of the Big Bands of the Thirties and Forties, including Greely Walton, Bill Dillard, Lester Boone, Barclay Draper, Harvey Davis. There are also interviews with band leader Earle Howard and composer Walter Bishop Sr. They all vividly describe the atmosphere and ambience of the Swing Era. Accounts from artists outside the Harlem jazz scene, such as Chicago blues-man Curtis Jones, vocalist Blanche Finlay, and blues singer Lizzie Miles, are also included. Interviewed by Griffiths, these artists describe their background and musical training. They describe the pleasures and sufferings of jazz life, and share memories of Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, and Duke Ellington. These voices from the past and the present merge into a colorful account of one of America's brightest points in musical history. Hot Jazz also contains 18 photographs.
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An important and oft-overlooked musician is the side-man in big bands of the 1930s and early 40s. David Griffiths has attempted to correct this oversight, by writing an interviewing many of the musicians of the age, including Lester Boone, Cliff Olson, Curtis Jones, Blanche Finlay, and Bill Dillard - in all, more than thirty musicians.
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...what a wealth of information is inspired by this collection of meticulous recollection...

Crescendo & Jazz Music

None of these figures will appear in any but the most detailed history of jazz, yet each has a unique story of his or her own journey in the business...an interesting volume...

CHOICE

Exemplary book...This fine tribute to some of the forgotten men and women of jazz is invaluable as research and uplifting as a documentary.

JazzTimes Magazine

Se alle

...even the shortest entries are illuminating...Griffiths takes time to recommend various recordings his subjects appeared on, a valuable inclusion with players this obscure. If you enjoy oral histories, Hot Jazz is a good bet.

Cadence Magazine

...writer David Griffiths' new book offers a fascinating look at the lives of some fine musicians.

South Wales Evening Post

The author is superb with his attention to detail and ability to relate a story without interfering. He never intrudes in the subject's story yet presents it in a manner that is a joy to read.

Jazz Educators Journal

These accounts provide a kind of reading that fills in the gaps; you get a sense of the warp and woof of the jazz life as lived by the journeyman musicians of the big band era.

The Mississippi Rag

David Griffiths interviewed over 30 jazz artists in compiling Hot Jazz. The majority of those interviewed are the important, and oft-overlooked, side-men of the Big Bands of the Thirties and Forties, including Greely Walton, Bill Dillard, Lester Boone, Barclay Draper, Harvey Davis. There are also interviews with band leader Earle Howard and composer Walter Bishop Sr. They all vividly describe the atmosphere and ambience of the Swing Era. Accounts from artists outside the Harlem jazz scene, such as Chicago blues-man Curtis Jones, vocalist Blanche Finlay, and blues singer Lizzie Miles, are also included. Interviewed by Griffiths, these artists describe their background and musical training. They describe the pleasures and sufferings of jazz life, and share memories of Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, and Duke Ellington. These voices from the past and the present merge into a colorful account of one of America's brightest points in musical history. Hot Jazz also contains 18 photographs.
Les mer
An important and oft-overlooked musician is the side-man in big bands of the 1930s and early 40s. David Griffiths has attempted to correct this oversight, by writing an interviewing many of the musicians of the age, including Lester Boone, Cliff Olson, Curtis Jones, Blanche Finlay, and Bill Dillard - in all, more than thirty musicians.
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780810834156
Publisert
1998-11-19
Utgiver
Vendor
Scarecrow Press
Vekt
472 gr
Høyde
223 mm
Bredde
147 mm
Dybde
20 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
272

Forfatter
Griffiths, David

Om bidragsyterne

David Griffiths has been contributing, for the past fifteen years, a weekly jazz column to the South Wales Evening Post. His articles have also appeared in Storyville, The Mississippi Rag, and Jazz Journal.

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