Up From the Cradle of Jazz: New Orleans Music Since World War II

by Jason Berry, Jonathan Foose, Tad Jones

"Up from the Cradle of Jazz" is an intimate history of New Orleans music during the last 45 years. It describes the piano playing of Fats Domino, Professor Longhair, James Booker, Huey "Piano" Smith and Dr John; the singing of Irma Thomas, Little Richard, Aaron Neville and Lee Dorsey; the compositions and performances of Allen Toussaint, Guitar Slim, Wynton and Branford Marsalis, The Meters and The Neville Brothers. From smoky bars and nightclubs to the open air revelry of Mardi Gras, this work aims to be the definitive story of the music of contemporary New Orleans.

Genres: Music, History

373 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1986

Reviews

[Dan Mcdowell · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is such an incredible book. Opened my eyes to a lot of people and music I didn’t know. The show Treme is what brought me here and the added depth this book provided makes me want watch again.

[Matti Karjalainen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Jason Berryn, Jonathan Foosen ja Tad Jonesin "Up from the Cradle of Jazz: New Orleans Music Since World War II" (University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press, 2009) päätyi omaan kirjahyllyyn sen jälkeen kun olin innostunut New Orleansin rikkaasta kulttuurista ja päässyt vierailemaankin kaupungissa.

Lopputulos oli kiinnostava, mutta ehkä hieman hajanainen, eikä missään tapauksessa täysin kattava. Viimeisimmät vuosikymmenet mennään melko pikakelauksella, ja esimerkiksi Rebirth Brass Bandin kaltainen merkkiyhtye mainitaan vain sivulauseessa.

Tämä kirja olisi muuten hyötynyt tosi paljon soundtrack-levystä!

[Rhonda Hankins · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you are interested in New Orleans music since World War II, this is the book for you. It is an absolutely perfect book in every way. Exceptionally well written, the musicians/the neighborhoods/the producers/the music industry/the city traditions/the city itself/the influences ALL come alive. And I fell in love with it all!

Aaron Neville and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band just won a Grammy for Stomping Ground, which seems to me a nice summary of this book: https://youtu.be/9x5PEMx4auc

[Donovan Blount · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short biographies of many New Orleans Jazz musicians.

[Eric Sarrett · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great and thorough history of music in New Orleans focusing from rise of R&B to seventies revival. Deals with everything from 80s to post-Katrina in two chapters at end, but solid chapters. It can read like a companion piece to a non-existent documentary and bogs down in places. Best when dealing with well-known names. This is for the informed music fan and not causal reader. See my full review at http://www.myyearofmardigras.com/2013...

[Chandler Moore · Rating 3 out of 5]

Encyclopedic. Haphazard. New Orleans R&B.