Early Jazz: Its Roots and Musical Development

By Gunther Schuller

Book Overview

Early 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.
Early Jazz provides a musical tour of the early American jazz world. A classic study, it is both a splendid introduction for students and an insightful guide for scholars, musicians, and jazz aficionados.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195040430
• ISBN13: 9780195040432
• Release Date: June 1986
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.0"