Making the Scene: Contemporary New York City Big Band Jazz

ISBN-10: 0520249542
ISBN-13: 9780520249547
Series: Making the Scene
Category: Music
Pages: 419
Language: English
Published: 2007-08-02
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Author: Alex Stewart

Description

Challenges conventional jazz historiography by demonstrating the role of big bands in the development of jazz. This book describes how jazz musicians found big bands valuable. It explores the rehearsal band scene in New York and rise of orchestras. It combines historical research, ethnography, and participant observation with musical analysis.

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- 416 pages
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