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Jazz - A Regional Exploration (Hardcover, New)
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Jazz - A Regional Exploration (Hardcover, New)
Series: Greenwood Guides to American Roots Music
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Many describe jazz asa the one true form of American music. Arising
out of the syncopated rhythms of African music, Cajun songs, and
Ragtime, jazz evolved in many 'scenes' throughout the country. The
Young Lions jazz movement in New Orleans spread up the Mississippi
in the northern Migration. Communities such as St. Louis and
Sedalia became jazz centers, while Count Bassie led a revolution in
Kansas City. Chicago became a center of freewheeling jazz in the
1920s with the efforts of Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver, and Louis
Armstrong, while classic jazz and swing took root in New York City
in the '30s and '40s behind Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, and Benny
Goodman. And while 'boogie woogie' and 'hot jazz' grew out of the
Big Apple, a generation of experimental musicians such as Chet
Baker and Stan Kenton stood at the forefront of West Coast jazz.
Yankow carefully traces the evolution of jazz from regional
manifestations to an increasingly national language at the turn of
the 20th century. Many audiophiles describe jazz as the one true
form of American music. Arising out of the syncopated rhythms of
African music, Cajun songs, and Ragtime, jazz evolved in many
scenes throughout the country. The Young Lions jazz movement in New
Orleans spread up the Mississippi in the northern Migration.
Missouri communities such as St. Louis and Sedalia became jazz
centers, while Count Basie led a revolution in Kansas City. Chicago
became a center of freewheeling jazz in the 1920s with the efforts
of Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver, and Louis Armstrong, while
classic jazz and swing took root in New York City in the '30s and
'40s behind Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, and Benny Goodman, the
King of Swing. And while boogie woogie and hot jazz grew out of the
Big Apple, a generation of experimental musicians such as Chet
Baker and Stan Kenton stood at the forefront of West Coast jazz and
the Los Angeles scene. Noted jazz writer Scott Yanow carefully
traces the evolution of jazz from regional manifestations to an
increasingly national language at the turn of the 20th and 21st
centuries. The Greenwood Guide to American Roots Music series
includes volumes on musical genres that have pervaded American
culture. This series describes American musical traditions that
have been associated with specific geographic regions throughout
our nation. Each volume explores the different ways that a genre,
such as jazz, has evolved naturally in different regions and scenes
while becoming an undeniable element of American culture.
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