Jazz: A History

by Frank Tirro

The first edition of "Jazz" took the history of jazz up to 1960. Now, in recognition of the developments in jazz study since then, Frank Tirro has rewritten and expanded this text to include many of the latter-day giants, such as Miles Davies, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman and Wynton Marsalis. The early chapters have also been modified to take into account recent research and revised insights, and hundreds of musical examples are cited. The bibliography and discography are selective and up-to-date. This version is packaged with a CD.

Genres: Music, Jazz, History, Nonfiction, School

704 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1977

Reviews

[Víctor Soho · Rating 2 out of 5]

Acaba sendo terriblemente significativo de como adoitan ser as lecturas brancas de jazz, para o bo é para o malo. Definitivamente agradezo a preocupación pola técnica e o estilo, pero non deixa de ser significativo como moitas veces utiliza estas lecturas meramente formais para desligar o jazz da súa condición de música AFROamericana, insistindo que acaba sendo, sen máis, música americana. En varios momentos defende como o Jazz puido superar as súas raíces de clase obreira e racializada para poder ser música para todo o mundo, incluso ricos brancos. Curiosamente, esta apariencia de universalidade non deixa de ser, como é evidente, unha forma de multiculturalismo americano que defende o mesmo proxecto nacional polo que esus mesmes escraves existiron. Non me gustaría facer parecer que non admiro o gran traballo de documentación e coñecemento técnico, pero non podía deixar de pensar que todo iso estaba disposto sobre un fondo ideolóxico nacional bastante perigoso e, sendo honestos, lowkey racista.

[Elena Prieto · Rating 5 out of 5]

Completo y muy interesante, con todo lujo de detalles.

[Emma · Rating 4 out of 5]

as a casual reader of sheet music and pretty much layman in the musical world this book was such a special treat (especially loved how much tirro transcribed from archival records into sheet music)

[Mike · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was my textbook from a Jazz History class senior year in college - a CD accompanies it. The fam and I are taking a few minutes every week to learn/re-learn about jazz. Last week: the blues/Robert Johnson. This week: rags/Scott Joplin.

[Rob the Obscure · Rating 5 out of 5]

Indispensable in this genre

[Heidi · Rating 3 out of 5]

A useful overview.