The History of Jazz

  • The History of Jazz
    The History of Jazz
    By Ted Gioia

    ... The,” 389, 393 Chilton, John, 212 “Chim Chim Cheree,” 360 “Chimes Blues,” 60 “China Boy,” 93 Chocolate Dandies, the, 134–136, 178 Chopin, Frédéric, 123, 144–145 Christensen, Jon, 442 Christensen, Sigfre, 43 Christian, ...

  • The History of Jazz
    The History of Jazz
    By Ted Gioia

    ... Suite (based on W. C. Handy's “St. Louis Blues”), Concerto Jazz a Mine, a piano rhapsody Yamekraw (performed at Carnegie Hall with Fats Waller as soloist), and the opera De Organizer (boasting a libretto by Langston Hughes).

  • The History of Jazz
    The History of Jazz
    By Ted Gioia

    Now, in The History of Jazz, Ted Gioia tells the story of this music as it has never been told before, in a book that brilliantly portrays the legendary jazz players, the breakthrough styles, and the world in which it evolved.

  • The History of Jazz
    The History of Jazz
    By Ted Gioia

    A panoramic history of the genre brings to life the diverse places in which jazz evolved, traces the origins of its various styles, and offers commentary on the music itself

  • The History of Jazz
    The History of Jazz
    By Stuart A. Kallen

    Readers will learn that music based on jazz beats can be heard all over the world but the roots of the style are distinctly American.

  • The History of Jazz
    The History of Jazz
    By Sandy Asirvatham

    A look at the history of jazz music, from its origins to the present time, including the musicians involved in creating that history.

  • The History of Jazz
    The History of Jazz
    By Ted Gioia

    A panoramic history of the genre brings to life the diverse places in which jazz evolved, traces the origins of its various styles, and offers commentary on the music itself.

  • The History of Jazz
    The History of Jazz
    By Ted Gioia

    A panoramic history of the genre brings to life the diverse places in which jazz evolved, traces the origins of its various styles, and offers commentary on the music itself

  • The History of Jazz
    By Ted Gioia

    In this new edition of his classic 'History of Jazz', author Ted Gioia brings the story to the present day with expanded treatment of women's contributions to the genre, jazz in the digital age, the increasing dialogue between jazz and ...

  • The History of Jazz
    The History of Jazz
    By Ted Gioia

    Austin, located to the west of downtown Chicago, was an inauspicious setting for a jazz movement. In 1922, a group of students began gathering regularly at a soda parlor located near the nondescript buff brick Austin High School.

  • The History of Jazz
    The History of Jazz
    By Stuart A. Kallen

    Readers will learn that music based on jazz beats can be heard all over the world but the roots of the style are distinctly American.

  • The History of Jazz
    The History of Jazz
    By Ted Gioia

    Here are the giants of jazz and the great moments of jazz history--Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington at the Cotton Club, cool jazz greats such as Gerry Mulligan, Stan Getz, and Lester Young, Charlie Parker and Dizzy ...