Early Jazz: Its Roots and Musical Development (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780195000979)

Early Jazz is one of the seminal books on American jazz, ranging from the beginnings of jazz as a distinct musical style at the turn of the century to its first great flowering in the 1930s. Schuller explores the music of the great jazz soloists of the twenties--Jelly Roll Morton, Bix Beiderbecke, Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong, and others--and the big bands and arrangers--Fletcher Henderson, Bennie Moten, and especially Duke Ellington--placing their music in the context of the other musical cultures of the twentieth century and offering analyses of many great jazz recordings.
Early Jazz provides a musical tour of the early American jazz world. A classic study, it is both a splendid introduction for students and an insightful guide for scholars, musicians, and jazz aficionados.

Author: Gunther Schuller
ISBN-10: 0195000978
ISBN-13: 9780195000979
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 12/31/1968
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.67lbs
Size: 9.57h x 6.48w x 1.26d