| Description |
xix, 390 pages ; 23 cm |
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Collected articles, previously published. |
| Contents |
Born on the South side : exploring Chicago gospel, jazz, and blues, then and now (in three Parts). Can music save the church that gave birth to gospel? ; The drill sergeant of DuSable ; Faded blues -- Street scenes : music bubbling up from the pavement. St. John the saxist ; A groovable feast ; In the home of jazz, swing definitely not the thing ; Heavenly choir ; Night school -- Havana's pulse : at the nexus of Afro-Cuban jazz. Homegrown virtuosos ; "I may never get to the heart of jazz" ; Link to the past : Compay Segundo upholds the traditions of a more romantic era ; Back in the swing : the spotlight is finally reaching an early master of Afro-Cuban jazz ; Latin evolution : the remarkable Cachao is the real mambo king ; Sound architect : Buena Vista's unsung hero brings his band to Chicago -- Musings on Satchmo : behind the famous facade (in two parts). Jazz giant's private views show anger behind smile ; The thoroughly human side of a jazz virtuoso -- Crisis of culture in New Orleans : the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina (in four parts). Battered by Katrina ; The long march back ; Treasures of music lovers now just so much debris ; The struggle to reclaim threads of the past -- Ellington's legacy : grasping an enormous oeuvre. Maestro's mystique ; Fans recover Ellington's lost musical ; Silent for thirty-five years, Ellington's restored musical celebrates black culture, composer's genius ; Lost classics ; The unknown Ellington -- Sinatra songs : listening anew to the voice. A bouquet for Sinatra ; Frank Sinatra : the virtuoso ; The memory of all that -- "The sound of surprise" : unexpected developments in jazz. Let freedom swing ; The measure of Jazz ; Completely hot : Live at the Plugged Nickel ; Maturity isn't the right key in today's jazz ; Landmark blues opera De Organizer powerfully reborn ; Lady has her say -- Gershwin reconsidered : assessing America's quintessential composer, a century later. Bittersweet rhapsody ; Gershwin at one hundred ; Porgy and Bess -- Race music : crossing the color line, in sound. "It took our minds off of the bad things" ; Coming to America ; Anniversary tune ; "Strange fruit" : the song too painful to sing -- Chicago radicals : the alluring eccentrics of Chicago jazz. Ragtime blues : Reginald Robinson ; Patricia Barber has built her career defying conventions ; Jazzman : Kurt Elling ; Jazz lovers are beating a path to Fred Anderson and his Velvet Lounge ; Chicago jazzman among "genius grant" winners : Ken Vandermark -- Profiles in jazz : major voices speak. Herbie's blues ; Nobody knows the trouble she's seen : Dee Dee Bridgewater ; Ornette Coleman still blazing a musical trail ; The last diva : Lena Horne ; Von Freeman is Chicago jazz history -- Panama's vanished music : searching for the missing link of jazz, in Panama (in three parts). A culture with a lost past ; "I've got to go back home" ; Falling on deaf ears -- Farewells : final parting from the masters. Legendary farewell : Lionel Hampton ; Sounding the trumpet : Miles Davis ; An underrated legend : Ella Fitzgerald ; A free-form life : Sun Ra ; Favors's spirit will live on through music ; Spirit of Dorsey's songs fills his "home-going." |
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Jazz -- History and criticism.
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Jazz. |
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Jazz -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History and criticism.
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Illinois -- Chicago. |
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Jazz musicians.
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Jazz musicians. |
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Blues (Music) -- History and criticism.
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Blues (Music) |
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Blues musicians.
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Blues musicians. |
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Gospel music -- History and criticism.
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Gospel music. |
| ISBN |
9780810127050 paperback alkaline paper |
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0810127059 paperback alkaline paper |
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