The Oxford Companion To Jazz
Marco Bertoli
In breve, per i monoglotti: sta per uscire in America al prezzo di 49
dollari questa monumentale raccolta di saggi su tutta la storia e gli
aspetti del jazz, presso la Oxford University Press. Fra gli autori ne
noterete di molto noti e prestigiosi.
Ciao, Marco
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Subject: New book out - The Oxford Companion To Jazz
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 22:04:43 -0400
From: Michael Fitzgerald <fitz...@eclipse.net>
Newsgroups: rec.music.bluenote
My friend Bill Kirchner passed this to me. I figured many of us would
be interested. This book definitely looks like a keeper - a real
all-star list of contributors.
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Four years ago, Sheldon Meyer of Oxford University Press asked me to
take on a unique project: commissioning, compiling, and editing a
book of new essays on jazz, covering the full spectrum of the music,
from many of the finest musicians, scholars, and critics in the field.
The book was planned as a significant addition to Oxford's
distinguished series of Companions on various subjects.
After four years of work, THE OXFORD COMPANION TO JAZZ is officially
published this week in the United States. It comprises 60 essays by
59 writers, 861 pages, 61 photographs (including several published for
the first time), and an extensive index and bibliography. The book is
designed to be user-friendly to anyone interested in jazz, from the
novice to the most seasoned listener. It can be opened at any point
and read for pure enjoyment, or it can be used as a valuable reference
book.
A Canadian edition of the COMPANION will be published on October 29.
An international edition will be published in the U.K. and Europe
early next year.
It goes without saying that I'm very proud of this book. Below, I'm
including a list of its contents and contributors, as well as comments
about it by two esteemed gentlemen.
I'll add only, to answer an obvious question, that the COMPANION is
very reasonably priced (retail: $49.95 U.S.) and makes a great holiday
gift.
Best wishes,
Bill Kirchner
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OXFORD COMPANION TO JAZZ
LIST OF TOPICS AND CONTRIBUTORS
1) African Roots of Jazz--Samuel A. Floyd Jr.
2) European Roots of Jazz--William H. Youngren
3) Ragtime Then and Now--Max Morath
4) The Early Origins of Jazz--Jeff Taylor
5) New York Roots: Black Broadway, James Reese Europe, Early
Pianists--Thomas Riis
6) The Blues in Jazz--Bob Porter
7) Bessie Smith--Chris Albertson
8) King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, and Sidney Bechet: Ménage à
Trois, New Orleans Style--Bruce Boyd Raeburn
9) Louis Armstrong--Dan Morgenstern
10) Bix Beiderbecke--Digby Fairweather
11) Duke Ellington--Mark Tucker
12) The "Jazz Age"--Appearances and Realities: Hot Music in the
1920s--Richard M. Sudhalter
13) Pianists of the 1920s and 1930s--Henry Martin
14) Coleman Hawkins--Kenny Berger
15) Lester Young--Loren Schoenberg
16) Streamlining Jazz: Major Soloists of the 1930s and 1940s--John
McDonough
17) Jazz Singing: Between Blues and Bebop--Joel E. Siegel
18) Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, and Billie Holiday--Patricia
Willard
19) Jazz and the American Song--Gene Lees
20) Pre-Swing Era Big Bands and Jazz Composing and Arranging--James
T. Maher & Jeffrey Sultanof
21) Swing Era Big Bands and Jazz Composing and Arranging--Max
Harrison
22) The Advent of Bebop--Scott DeVeaux
23) The New Orleans Revival--Richard Hadlock
24) Charlie Parker--James Patrick
25) Cool Jazz and West Coast Jazz--Ted Gioia
26) Jazz and Classical Music: To the Third Stream and Beyond--Terry
Teachout
27) Pianists of the 1940s and 1950s--Dick Katz
28) Hard Bop--Gene Seymour
29) Miles Davis--Bob Belden
30) Big Bands and Jazz Composing and Arranging After World War
Two--Doug Ramsey
31) Thelonious Monk and Charles Mingus--Brian Priestley
32) John Coltrane--Lewis Porter
33) The Avant-Garde, 1949-1967--Lawrence Kart
34) Pianists of the 1960s and 1970s--Bob Blumenthal
35) Jazz Singing Since the 1940s--Will Friedwald
36) Jazz Since 1968--Peter Keepnews
37) Fusion--Bill Milkowski
38) Jazz Repertory--Jeffrey Sultanof
39) Latin Jazz--Gene Santoro
40) Jazz in Europe: The Real World Music...or The Full Circle--Mike
Zwerin
41) Jazz and Brazilian Music--Stephanie L. Stein Crease
42) Jazz in Africa: The Ins and Outs--Howard Mandel
43) Jazz in Japan--Kiyoshi Koyama
44) Jazz in Canada and Australia--Terry Martin
45) The Clarinet in Jazz--Michael Ullman
46) The Saxophone in Jazz--Don Heckman
47) The Trumpet in Jazz--Randy Sandke
48) The Trombone in Jazz--Gunther Schuller
49) The Guitar and Vibraphone in Jazz: Batteries Not Included--Neil
Tesser
50) Miscellaneous Instruments in Jazz--Christopher Washburne
51) The Bass in Jazz--Bill Crow
52) Jazz Drumming--Burt Korall
53) Jazz and Dance--Robert P. Crease
54) Jazz and Film and Television--Chuck Berg
55) Jazz Clubs--Vincent Pelote
56) Jazz and American Literature--Gerald Early
57) Jazz Criticism--Ron Welburn
58) Jazz Education--Charles Beale
59) Recorded Jazz--Dan Morgenstern
60) Jazz Improvisation and Concepts of Virtuosity--David Demsey
"More than a treatise on jazz, this book is a compilation of
articles on all phases of the music contributed by
musicians and professional writers who speak for the art
firsthand. Highly recommended for everyone interested
in jazz." --Benny Carter
"No book on jazz has ever attempted the scope of this
monumental collection of 60 studies by 59 writers.
Commissioned and organized by editor Bill Kirchner into
an interlocking mosaic, its 800 pages examine and
evaluate every aspect of the origins, ongoing
development and offshoots of jazz--and its myriad
personalities--to a degree which makes this the one
indispensable publication in the field. It is both a
reference work for the serious scholar and a rewarding
book to be dipped into by the casual reader." --George Avakian
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I have no connection to this project other than as an avid fan of many
of the writers. BTW, I see this is at online stores (buy.com) for just
over $30 + s/h.
Mike