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Genre/Form: | Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Oliphant, Dave. Texan jazz. Austin : University of Texas Press, ©1996 (OCoLC)654281077 |
Material Type: | Biography, Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Dave Oliphant |
ISBN: | 0292760442 9780292760448 0292760450 9780292760455 |
OCLC Number: | 32627350 |
Description: | ix, 481 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm |
Contents: | Part 1. Beginnings in East Texas : Ragtime -- Country Blues -- Classic Blues -- Boogie-Woogie. Part 2. Going to Kansas City : The Bennie Moten Band, 1921-1927 -- The Blue Devils, 1925-1934 -- Bennie Moten, 1929-1935 -- The Count Basie Orchestra, 1935-1963 -- Jones-Smith, Inc., and the Kansas City Five and Six -- The Jay McShann Orchestra, 1938-1942. Part 3. Going to New York and Chicago : A trombone trio -- By way of Kaycee -- Out of Big D -- With BG -- Out of Houston -- The rhythm section -- From BeBop to hard Bop -- The Mingus dynasty. pt. 4. Going to Los Angeles : Out of Denton -- The cowtown vanguard -- Africa and back. |
Responsibility: | by Dave Oliphant. |
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Abstract:
"Describes the lives, careers, and recordings of such musicians as Scott Joplin, Hersal Thomas, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Sippie Wallace, Jack Teagarden, Buster Smith, Hot Lips Page, Eddie Durham, Herschel Evans, Charlie Christian, Red Garland, Kenny Dorham, Jimmy Giuffre, Ornette Coleman, John Carter, and many others"--Page 4 of cover.
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