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Overview
In this major update of the acclaimed and award-winning jazz history, Alyn Shipton challenges many of the assumptions that surround the birth and growth of jazz music. Shipton also re-evaluates the transition from swing to be-bop, asking just how political this supposed modern jazz revolution actually was. He makes the case for jazz as a truly international music from its earliest days, charting significant developments outside the USA from the 1920s onwards.
All the great names in jazz history are here, from Louis Armstrong to Miles Davis and from Sidney Bechet to Charlie Parker and John Coltrane. But unlike those historians who call a halt with the death of Coltrane in 1967, Shipton continues the story with the major trends in jazz over the last 40 years: free jazz, jazz rock, world music influences, and the re-emergence of the popular jazz singer.
This new edition brings the book completely up-to-date, including such names as John Medeski, Diana Krall, Django Bates, and Matthias Ruegg. There are also impor¬tant new sections on Latin Jazz and the repertory movement.
Editorial Reviews
Publishers Weekly
In this monumental study, Shipton (Groovin' High), who presents jazz programs for the BBC, covers what he believes to be the most significant musical form to emerge during the 20th century. The book delves deeply into all aspects of the music, from boogie-woogie, big bands and bebop to the experiments of the postmodern era. The author's emphasis on jazz as an international phenomenon, even though it originated in the U.S., sets the book apart from other histories, as does his examination of the politicization of this music in the 1960s through organizations such as the Chicago-based Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, the Art Ensemble of Chicago and the Black Artists' Group in St. Louis. Coltrane, Mingus and Ornette Coleman receive special attention, but Shipton doesn't concentrate on superstars, and these are only a few among the multitude of musicians he discusses. His observations on style are succinct and evocative: Ben Webster's saxophone playing has "the slightly sinister feeling that violence might erupt any moment"; the "tremendous press-roll" of Art Blakey's drumming hauls "players from one chorus to the next with unfettered power." Throughout, Shipton stresses the importance of the recording industry, which early on helped spread the form to young musicians beyond the big centers of New Orleans, Chicago and New York, and has facilitated communication between jazz musicians. This comprehensive book, with its wealth of information presented in a nontechnical style accessible to the general reader, is a major contribution to the literature of jazz. 100 b&w photos not seen by PW. (Sept.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.Library Journal
In this unusually thoughtful and comprehensive history, Shipton, a BBC announcer and a critic for the Times, uncovers and explores a broader spectrum of jazz developments in addition to tackling commonly accepted stereotypes and myths. Things weren't as neat and tidy as previous jazz writers would have you believe. It's accepted as fact, for example, that jazz was born in New Orleans, moved north to Chicago, then east to the Big Apple. Shipton, however, illustrates that there was much more interplay among musicians, that word and note did not spread in any one direction. The author also shatters the creation myth of bebop: it was, he convincingly argues, the work of small bands playing night after night not the result of after-hour jams, which were open to more or less anyone. Shipton also points out how strongly jazz was grasped by musicians in Europe, the Far East, and Latin America, and the book is worth purchasing for these sections alone (Gary Giddins's Visions of Jazz, LJ 8/98, failed to investigate this phenomenon). The inclusion of post-late 1950s jazz genres, including free improvisation, are also treated with the respect that they deserve. Highly recommended for all libraries. (Index and bibliography not seen.) [Columbia Records will release the two-CD set, Jazz, the Definitive Performances, as a tie-in with this book. Ed.] William G. Kenz, Minnesota State Univ., Moorhead Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.Booknews
A history of jazz music in the United States and abroad that focuses significantly on the personalities who were behind the creation of the music. Shipton (music critic for (London)) avoids technical musicologist jargon in his enthusiastic descriptions of compositions and musicians. From the antecedents of the music gathering in New Orleans to the followers of Ornette Coleman's school of "Harmolodics," all of the major players are discussed and their styles and innovations are put in context. Of particular note is discussion of jazz as it played out in Europe, Africa, and elsewhere, a story often neglected in histories of the music. Not infrequent reference is made to a CD from Columbia records () and when a song on the CD is being discussed, the track title and number is listed. Containing only 33 songs, the CD seems more of an afterthought than a true companion to the book. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Product Details
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Meet the Author
Alyn Shipton presents jazz radio programs for the BBC and is a critic for The Times in London. He is the author of several books on music, as well as a music publisher and editor. He divides his time between Oxford and the French countryside. In 2010, he was voted UK Jazz Broadcaster of the Year.
Table of Contents
Contents Introduction and Background Origins/Precursors: including plantation music, ragtime, blues, brass bands Classic Jazz: New Orleans, Chicago in the 1920s, ODJB, Keppard, Oliver, Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke Piano Jazz: ragtime to stride, swing, boogie woogie The Move to Larger Bands: Whiteman, Goldkette, Henderson, Ellington, Russell, Goodman, Shaw, Basie, Dorseys
Interlude 1: International Jazz up to World War II From Swing to Bop Small Groups in Transition: John Kirby, Benny Carter, Coleman Hawkins, 52nd St Birth of Bebop: Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Kenny Clarke, Thelonious Monk, Oscar Pettiford How Bebop Developed: soloists, rhythm sections Larger Bands from Gillespie to Kenton and Herman Interlude 2: Dissemination: Summary of Recording and Broadcasting from 78s to Digital Technology
Consolidation of Bop Early Miles Davis, from Birth of the Cool to Kind of Blue; Rollins, early Coltrane Hard Bop and Soul Jazz: Silver, Blakey, Morgan, Byrd, Henderson Cool Jazz and the West Coast Movement: Evans, Mulligan, Baker, MJQ, Konitz, Tristano, Lighthouse Large Bands: From Thornhill through to the Basie New Testament Band
Interlude 3: Jazz Singing to 1950
New Jazz Free Jazz: Ornette Coleman, The New Thing (Ayler, Shepp); Cecil Taylor Coltrane and Mingus Politicisation: BAG, AACM, Braxton, Tapscott
Interlude 4: New Orleans, Revival and Mainstream Jazz, Including JATP Jazz as World Music Out of Africa: Jazz Epistles, Ibrahim, Masekela, McGregor, Pukwana, Pops Mahomen, Moses Molelekwa Latin Jazz: Afro-Cuban Jazz; Brazilian Jazz Europe: Scandinavia, France, Germany, UK, Holland
Interlude 5: Jazz Singing from 1950
Postmodern Jazz Jazz Fusions Big Band Renaissance: Akiyoshi, Russell, Ecans, Carla Bley, David Murray Jazz Repertory, Education and Neo-Classicism Urban Movements:
From M-Base to hip-hop, rap and funk
Columbia Records CD Tie-In A New History of Jazz will include boxed inserts with detailed discussions of each of the following performances featured on the two-CD set Jazz the Definitive Performances, (Columbia Records/Sony Music, Columbia J2K 65807): Indiana: Original Dixieland Jazz Band* St Louis Blues: Bessie Smith* Dippermouth Blues: King Oliver* Stampede: Fletcher Henderson* Wild Cat Blues: Sidney Bechet/Clarence Williams* Singin the Blues: Frank Trumbauer and Bix Beiderbecke* West End Blues: Louis Armstrong* Tiger Rag: Art Tatum* God Bless the Child: Billie Holiday* Lester Leaps In: Count Basie* Flying Home: Benny Goodman* I Can't Get Started: Dizzie Gillespie* It Don't Mean a Thing: Duke Ellington* 9:30 Special: Coleman Hawkins/Basie* Let Me Off Uptown: Roy Eldridge/Gene Krupa* Tain't What'Cha Do: Jimmie Lunceford* Four Brothers: Woody Herman* Nica's Dream: Art Blakey/Horace Silver + Jazz Messengers* So What: Miles Davis/Coltrane/Cannonball Adderley/Bill Evans* Goodbye Pork Pie Hat: Mingus* Take Five: Dave Brubeck* It's All Right With Me: Erroll Garner* Straight No Chaser: Thelonious Monk* Searching: Duke Ellington* Sanctuary: Miles Davis* Meeting of the Spirits: John McLaughlin/Mahavishnu* Watermelon Man: Herbie Hancock* Birdland: Weather Report* Artist in America: Ornette Coleman* Round Midnight: Dexter Gordon* Steppin Out With My Baby: Tony Bennett* A Thousand Autumns: Branford Marsalis* Freedom is in the Trying: Wynton Marsalis. A sticker on each CD will refer to Alyn Shipton's book.