The Story of Jazz (New Horizons) /anglais

by BERGEROT FRANK

John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Charlie Mingus, Ornette Coleman - some of the names that brought jazz out of the age of bebop and into the present. As the medium matured in the Forties, Fifties and Sixties, an intense flowering of new styles spawned almost as many forms - free jazz, West Coast cool, hard bop, modal jazz, fusion - as musicians. All these strains come together to demonstrate that, with all the variety, one constant jazz, the vibrant, living art form, is thriving.

Genres: Music

Paperback

First published March 1, 1993

Reviews

[TrumanCoyote · Rating 3 out of 5]

A bit too European and arty. And filled with stuff like: "it was a question of tracking down the phenomenon of memory in order to free themselves from it and help them move away from the rigors of the battlefield of improvisation." In the end I hadn't really found out all that much. But as usual with this series, the pictures were quite cool.

[Pamela Dolezal · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not much here new to learn. The book is old and I’m tossing it. I’m going to save the discography pages and put with my jazz discography book.

[Aaron Chu · Rating 3 out of 5]

A quick survey of jazz history from '40s to '90s+. There is a nice collecting of interviews, letters and personal writings at the end of the book.