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Genre/Form: | Electronic books Anecdotes |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Crow, Bill. Jazz anecdotes. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005 (OCoLC)62889962 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Bill Crow |
ISBN: | 9780199726486 0199726485 |
OCLC Number: | 1091900182 |
Notes: | Previous edition: 1990. |
Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 391 pages) |
Contents: | Wild scenes -- The word "jazz" -- Beginnings -- Inventions -- Pianos -- Teachers and Students -- Stage fright -- Reading music -- Hiring and firing -- Managers, agents and bosses -- On the road -- Arrangers and arrangements -- Cutting contests -- 52nd Street -- Jazz records -- Jazz on the air -- The well-dressed jazz musician -- Prejudice -- Songs -- Goofs -- Pranks -- The put-on -- Good lines -- Nicknames -- Louis Armstrong -- Bessie Smith -- Bix Beiderbecke -- Thomas "Fats" Walker -- Eddie Condon -- Pee Wee Russell -- Duke Ellington and his orchestra -- Benny Goodman -- Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young -- Art Tatum and his children -- Joe Venuti -- Tommy Dorsey -- Lionel Hampton -- Charlie Parker -- John Birks Gillspie -- Charles Mingus -- Zoot Sims and Al Cohn -- Miles Davis and John Coltrane -- Jokes. 1. Wild scenes -- 2. The word "jazz" -- 3. Beginnings -- 4. Inventions -- 5. Pianos -- 6. Teachers and students -- 7. Stage fright -- 8. Reading music -- 9. Hiring and firing -- 10. Managers, agents, and bosses -- 11. On the road -- 12. Arrangers and arrangements -- 13. Cutting contests -- 14. 52nd street -- 15. Jazz records -- 16. Jazz on the air -- 17. The well-dressed jazz musician -- 18. Prejudice -- 19. Songs -- 20. Goofs -- 21. Pranks -- 22. The put-on -- 23. Good lines -- 24. Nicknames -- 25. Louis Armstrong -- 26. Bessie Smith -- 27. Bix Beiderbecke -- 28. Thomas "Fats" Waller -- 29. Eddie Condon -- 30. Pee Wee Russell -- 31. Duke Ellington and his orchestra -- 32. Benny Goodman -- 33. Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young -- 34. Art Tatum and his children -- 35. Joe Venuti -- 36. Tommy Dorsey -- 37. Lionel Hampton -- 38. Charlie Parker -- 39. John Birks Gillespie -- 40. Charles Mingus -- 41. Zoot Sims and Al Cohn -- 42. Miles Davis and John Coltrane -- 43. Jokes. |
Responsibility: | Bill Crow. |
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