Rhythm-a-ning : jazz tradition and innovation in the '80s / Gary Giddins.
| Author/creator | Giddins, Gary |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Oxford University Press, 1985. |
| Description | xviii, 291 pages ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: Jazz turns neoclassical -- Jaki Byard and the new tolerance -- Pick a card, any card -- How to not stuff a jazz classic -- Jack DeJohnette beats the band -- Moody's moods revisited -- Something else again -- Sara Vaughan: Soulful -- Sara Vaughan: Sassing Ellington -- Freedom then and now -- The trombone's connected to the... -- Fifty years of "body and soul" -- Teddy Wilson's golden oldies -- Beyond romance -- Composers ascendent -- Big noise from Missoula -- Tony Bennett without fear -- The excitable Roy Eldridge -- Lester Young grows deeper -- Note: Andrew Cyrille has a band -- Mile's wile's -- Blythemania -- Shining trumpet -- Joe Turner, unmoved mover -- The egg in the meatloaf -- Songs your mother never sang -- Art Pepper, 1926-1982 -- Sonny Stitt, 1924-1982 -- Woody Herman: Off the road -- Woody Herman: A fan's fan -- Clarinets on top -- Virtuoso entertainment -- Motor City classicist -- Stan Getz/s transfusion -- Hard again -- The jazz singer -- Gypsy soul -- Jolson's greatest heir -- Kind of Miles -- Wynton Marsalis and other neoclassical lions -- The latest scat -- Return of the organ grinder -- Technicolor repertory -- The education of David Murray -- Illinois Jacquet: Flying in Place -- Illinois Jacquet: Jacquet expands -- Life after death -- School for moderns -- Gunslinger, phase two -- Eclecticism: Ancient to the future -- Chilled classics and the real thing -- The limits of global unity -- Carmen on Holiday -- Thelonious Monk: In walked Monk -- Thelonious Monk: Rhythm-a-ning -- Frank Sinatra: An appreciation -- Frank Sinatra: For collectors -- Harmolodic Hoedown: Ornette's coloring book -- Harmolodic Hoedown: Speaking in thumbs -- Not for dancers only -- The definitive Bill Harris -- The return of New Orleans -- Euphoria -- Orchestral jazz. |
| Abstract | These articles, originally published in the Village Voice, address the current state of jazz which Giddins characterizes as neo-classical. Focusing on the performances and recordings of the past five years, the author demonstrates the richness of jazz in the 1980s and surveys both the young musicians who are exploring jazz traditions and the acknowledged masters who created and sustained those traditions. He examines a diverse galaxy of performers, including Thelonius Monk (who coined the term "Rhythm-a-ning" as a song title), Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Wynton Marsalis, Frank Sinatra, Roy Eldridge, and Sonny Rollins. He also covers topics such as blues, mainstream pop, 1950s rock and roll, accomplishments of European jazz and the development of the trombone. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| LCCN | 84020658 |
| ISBN | 0195035585 : |
| ISBN | 9780195035582 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML3507 .G5 1985 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |