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Early Jazz: Its Roots and Musical Development (The History of Jazz) Book

Early Jazz 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, Benni... Full descriptionRead More

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  • Blackwell

    This classic study of jazz by renowned composer, conductor, and musical scholar Gunther Schuller was widely acclaimed on its first publication in 1968. The first of two volumes on the history and musical contribution of jazz, it takes us from the...

  • Foyles

    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...

  • 0195040430
  • 9780195040432
  • Gunther Schuller
  • 23 October 1986
  • Oxford Paperbacks
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 416
  • New edition
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