Early jazz : its roots and musical development / Gunther Schuller.
| Author/creator | Schuller, Gunther |
| Other author | Larkin, Philip, former owner. |
| Other author | Wright, Stuart, 1948- former owner. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Oxford University Press, 1968, 1977 printing. |
| Description | xii, 401 pages : music ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | History of jazz ; v. 1 Schuller, Gunther. History of jazz. (1968) ; v. 1. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Contents | The origins. Rhythm ; Form ; Harmony ; Melody ; Timbre ; Improvisation -- The beginnings -- The first great soloist -- The first great composer -- Virtuoso performers of the twenties. Bix Beiderbecke ; Clarinetists ; Brass players ; Harlem pianists ; Bessie Smith -- The big bands. New York ; The Southwest -- The Ellington style: its origins and early development -- Appendix: Interview with George Morrison -- Glossary. |
| Abstract | This first volume in The History of Jazz is one of the seminal books on American jazz, ranging from the beginnings of jazz as a distinct musical style at the turn of the century to its first great flowering in the 1930s. Schuller explores the music of the great jazz soloists of the twenties--Jelly Roll Morton, Bix Beiderbecke, Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong, and others--and the big bands and arrangers--Fletcher Henderson, Bennie Moten, and especially Duke Ellington--placing their music in the context of the other musical cultures of the twentieth century and offering analyses of many great jazz recordings. First published in 1968, it has since been translated into five languages (Italian, French, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish). When it was published, it was the first volume of a projected two volume history of jazz through the Swing era. (Schuller died before he could write a promised third volume, on the bebop period and after.) The book takes an enthusiastic tone to its subject. A notable feature of the series is transcriptions of jazz performances, which increase its value for the musically literate. |
| Local note | Joyner Wright Coll. copy initialed on front fly-leaf "PAL [Philip A. Larkin] 1968." Includes dust jacket. Stuart Wright Book Collection #179.14. See also related manuscript material in the Stuart Wright Collection, #1169, in Joyner Library Special Collections. |
| Local note | Joyner-FOR MUSIC LIBRARY HOLDINGS OF SERIES, HISTORY OF JAZZ, SEARCH BY CALL NUMBER ML3506.S36 1968. |
| General note | "A selected discography": pages 385-389. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Acquisitions source | Joyner Wright Coll. copy Purchased from Stuart Wright, 2012 |