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Rhythm-a-ning: Jazz Tradition And Innovation

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In a companion to his collections Riding on a Blue Note and Faces in the Crowd, Gary Giddins has assembled a mosaic of pieces that provide an essential guide to the jazz world. Moving with ease from sweeping surveys of jazz history to precise, vivid assessments of individual performers including Thelonius Monk, the Marsalis brothers, Ornette Coleman, and David Murray, Giddins demonstrates once again why he is lauded as "the best jazz critic now at work" .

Language: English

Pages: 320

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Da Capo Press

Release: October 19, 2000

ISBN: 0306809877

ISBN 13: 9780306809873

Rhythm-a-ning: Jazz Tradition And Innovation

3.9/5 ( ratings)

In a companion to his collections Riding on a Blue Note and Faces in the Crowd, Gary Giddins has assembled a mosaic of pieces that provide an essential guide to the jazz world. Moving with ease from sweeping surveys of jazz history to precise, vivid assessments of individual performers including Thelonius Monk, the Marsalis brothers, Ornette Coleman, and David Murray, Giddins demonstrates once again why he is lauded as "the best jazz critic now at work" .

Language: English

Pages: 320

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Da Capo Press

Release: October 19, 2000

ISBN: 0306809877

ISBN 13: 9780306809873

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