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1 online resource (420 pages). |
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text file |
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Roth Family Foundation Music in America imprint
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Roth Family Foundation music in America imprint.
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| Contents |
Cover; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; LIST OF TABLES; PREFACE; AUTHOR'S NOTE; Intro; 1. New York City Big Band Scenes; 2. Behind the Scenes: Training, Rehearsals, and Gigs; 3. The Rise of Repertory Orchestras; 4. On the Inside: The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra; 5. Making It Work: Leaders and Musical Direction; 6. New Directions in Jazz Composition: Three Portraits; 7. On the Edge: Sue Mingus and the Mingus Big Band; 8. "In the Crack" to "Totally Outside": Avant-Garde Bands; 9. Jazz and Clave: Latin Big Bands; 10. Going for It: All-Women Bands. |
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11. Blood on the Fields: Wynton Marsalis and the Transformation of the Lincoln Center Jazz OrchestraOutro; APPENDIX: SOME NEW YORK CITY BIG BANDS ACTIVE IN 1997-1998; NOTES; SOURCES; SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY; CREDITS; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z. |
| Summary |
The received wisdom of popular jazz history is that the era of the big band was the 1930s and '40s, when swing was at its height. But as practicing jazz musicians know, even though big bands lost the spotlight once the bebop era began, they never really disappeared. Making the Scene challenges conventional jazz historiography by demonstrating the vital role of big bands in the ongoing development of jazz. Alex Stewart describes how jazz musicians have found big bands valuable. He explores the rich "rehearsal band" scene in New York and the rise of repertory orchestras. Making the Scene combine. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-368), discography (pages 369-372), and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Big band music -- History and criticism.
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Big band music. |
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Big bands -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Big bands. |
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New York (State) -- New York. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Stewart, Alex. Making the Scene : Contemporary New York City Big Band Jazz. CA : University of California Press, ©2007 9780520249530 |
| ISBN |
9780520940161 (electronic book) |
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0520940164 (electronic book) |
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1282358677 |
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9781282358676 |
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0520249534 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0520249542 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780520249530 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780520249547 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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