Weather Bird : Jazz at the Dawn of Its Second Century

English

ISBN: 0195304497

EAN: 9780195304497

Category: Performing Arts / General/Music / Genres & Styles / Jazz/

Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated

Release Date: 12/21/2011

Synopsis: Gary Giddinss Weather Bird is a brilliant companion volume to his landmark in music criticism, Visions of Jazz , winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism. More then 140 pieces, written over a 14-year period, are brought together for the first time in this superb collection of essays, reviews, and articles. Weather Bird is a celebration of jazz, with illuminating commentaryon contemporary jazz events, todays top muscicians, the best records of the year, and on leading figures from jazzs past. Readers will find extended pieces on Louis Armstrong, Erroll Garner, Benny Carter, Sonny Rollins, Dave Brubeck, Ornette Coleman, Billie Holiday, Cassandra Wilson, Tony Bennett, and many others. Giddins includes a series of articles on the annual JVC Jazz Festival, which offers a splendid overview of jazz in the 1990s. Other highlights include an astute look at avant-garde music (Parajazz) and his challenging essay, How Come Jazz Isnt Dead? which advances a theory about the way art is born, exploited, celebrated, and sidelined to the museum. A radiant compendium by Americas leading music critic, Weather Bird offers an unforgettable look at the modern jazz scene.

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Weather Bird : Jazz at the Dawn of Its Second Century

Illustrated: No

Format: Paperback

Height: 1.5 inches

Width: 8.7 inches

Length: 5.91 inches

Weight: 29.98 oz

Pages: 656