Jazz Musicians, 1945 to the Present

David Dicaire (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

292 Seiten

2006
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-2097-1 (ISBN)

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The five major periods of jazz form the basis for the sections in this reference work, with a brief history of each period provided. It profiles the artists who were integral to the evolution of each period. Each biographical entry focuses on the artist's life and his or her influence on jazz and on music as a whole.

From its very beginnings, the nature of jazz has been to reinvent itself. As the musical genre evolved from its roots--blues, European music, Voodoo ceremonies, and brass bands that played at funerals, parades and celebrations--the sound reflected the tenor of the times, from the citified strains of the Roaring '20s to the Big Band swing of pre-World War II to the bop revolution that grew out of the minimalist sound the war forced upon the art form. That the music continued to develop and evolve is a tribute to the power and creativity of its musicians.

Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Sarah Vaughan, Art Blakey, Dave Brubeck, Sun Ra, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Diana Krall, Archie Shepp, Chick Corea, Branford Marsalis, Larry Coryell, and Kenny Kirkland are just some of the jazz greats profiled here. The five major periods of jazz--the bop revolution, hard bop and cool jazz, the avant-garde, fusion, and contemporary--form the basis for the sections in this reference work, with a brief history of each period provided. The artists who were integral to the evolution of each period are then profiled. Each biographical entry focuses on the artist's life and his or her influence on jazz and on music as a whole. A complete discography for each musician is also provided.

David Dicaire is the author of numerous works about music history. He lives in Leamington, Ontario, Canada.

Table of Contents

Introduction

PART ONE: THE BOP REVOLUTION

Kenny Clarke (1914–1985) Klook’s Blues

Dizzy Gillespie (1917–1993) The Bop Catalyst

Thelonious Monk (1917–1982) Epistrophy Blues

Charlie Parker (1920–1955) Bird’s Blues

Oscar Pettiford (1922–1960) Deep Passion

Barney Kessel (1923–2004) Guitar Goes Bop

J. J. Johnson (1924–2001) Trombone Goes Bop

Bud Powell (1924–1966) Hot House Blues

Sarah Vaughan (1924–1990) The Divine Miss V

Oscar Peterson (1925–) Canadian Suite

Sonny Rollins (1930–) The Cutting Edge

PART TWO: HARD BOP AND COOL JAZZ

Art Blakey (1919–1990) Freedom Rider

Dave Brubeck (1920–) Take Five

Charles Mingus (1922–1979) The Boss of the Bass

Dexter Gordon (1923–1990) West Coast Tenorman

Wes Montgomery (1923–1968) Little Brother

Max Roach (1925–) Driva Man

Jimmy Smith (1925–2005) Funky Cool Blues

Miles Davis (1926–1991) The Cool One

Horace Silver (1928–) Finger Poppin’ Jazz

Herbie Mann (1930–2003) Flute Soufflé

Jackie McLean (1932–) Jackie’s Bag

PART THREE: FREE JAZZ AND THE AVANT-GARDE

Sun Ra (1914–1993) Cosmic Tones

Yusef Lateef (1926–) An Eastern Taste

John Coltrane (1926–1967) Giant Steps

Elvin Jones (1927–2004) Heavy Sounds

Eric Dolphy (1928–1964) Outward Bound

Cecil Taylor (1929–) The Note Painter

Ornette Coleman (1930–) Tone Dialing

Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1936–1977) Saxophone Concerto

Archie Shepp (1937–) The Articulate Spokesman

Charlie Haden (1937–) Haunted Hearts

Anthony Braxton (1945–) The Professor’s Approach

PART FOUR: JAZZ FUSION

Wayne Shorter (1933–) Ju Ju’s Blues

Herbie Hancock (1940–) The Chameleon

Chick Corea (1941–) Man on a Mission

John McLaughlin (1942–) Mahavishnu Blues

Larry Coryell (1943–) The Electric Jazz Warrior

Tony Williams (1945–1997) The Powerhouse

Billy Cobham (1946–) The Panamanian Percussionist

Stanley Clarke (1951–) Individual Strings

Jaco Pastorius (1951–1987) The Brazilian Bass Man

PART FIVE: CONTEMPORARY JAZZ

Kenny Kirkland (1955–1998) The New Piano Thing

Jeff “Tain” Watts (1960– ) Citizen Tain

Branford Marsalis (1960– ) The First Family of Jazz

Wynton Marsalis (1961– ) The Young Lion

John Medeski (1965– ) Acid Jazz Grooves

Diana Krall (1965– ) Frim Fram Sauce Blues

Mark Whitfield (1967– ) The Marksman

Christian McBride (1972– ) Freewheeling Bass

Bibliography

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.3.2006
Zusatzinfo	discographies, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	386 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Jazz / Blues
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
ISBN-10	0-7864-2097-9 / 0786420979
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-2097-1 / 9780786420971
Zustand	Neuware