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Lost Chords: White Musicians and Their Contribution to Jazz, 1915-1945
by Sudhalter, Richard M. | PB | Good
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- Binding
- Paperback
- Weight
- 2 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
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- ISBN
- 9780195148381
- Book Title
- Lost Chords : White Musicians and Their Contribution to Jazz, 1915-1945
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Publication Year
- 2001
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 2.1in
- Genre
- Music, Juvenile Nonfiction
- Topic
- History & Criticism, Music / Jazz, Genres & Styles / Jazz
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 41.7 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 928 Pages
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Too many jazz fans and critics--and even some jazz musicians--still contend that white players have contributed little of substance to the music; that even, with every white musician removed from the canon, the history and nature of jazz would remain unchanged. Now, with Lost Chords, musician-historian Richard M. Sudhalter challenges this narrow view, with a book that pays definitive tribute to a generation of white jazz players, many unjustly forgotten--while never scanting the role of the great black pioneers. Greeted enthusiastically by the jazz community upon its original publication, this monumental volume offers an exhaustively documented, vividly narrated history of white jazz contribution in the vital years 1915 to 1945. Beginning in New Orleans, Sudhalter takes the reader on a fascinating multicultural odyssey through the hot jazz gestation centers of Chicago and New York, Indiana and Texas, examining such bands such as the New Orleans Rhythm Kings, the Original Memphis Five, and the Casa Loma Orchestra. Readers will find luminous accounts of many key soloists, including Bix Beiderbecke, Benny Goodman, Jack Teagarden, Red Norvo, Bud Freeman, the Dorsey Brothers, Bunny Berigan, Pee Wee Russell, and Artie Shaw, among others. Sudhalter reinforces the reputations of these and many other major jazzmen, pleading their cases persuasively and eloquently, without ever descending to polemic. Along the way, he gives due credit to Louis Armstrong, Lester Young, Duke Ellington, Coleman Hawkins, and countless other major black figures. Already hailed as a basic reference book on the subject--and now incorporating information that has come to light since its first publication--Lost Chords is a ground-breaking book that should significantly alter perceptions about jazz and its players, reminding readers of this great music's multicultural origins.
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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
019514838x
ISBN-13
9780195148381
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3038268782
Product Key Features
Book Title
Lost Chords : White Musicians and Their Contribution to Jazz, 1915-1945
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
History & Criticism, Music / Jazz, Genres & Styles / Jazz
Publication Year
2001
Genre
Music, Juvenile Nonfiction
Number of Pages
928 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
2.1in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
41.7 Oz
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Reviews
"Far from offended...deep-dyed fans...surely will be overjoyed by the range, depth, and readability--Sudhalter is no academic drudge, but an ace writer--of his coverage.... No jazz collection--no music collection--should be without it."--Booklist, "[Sudhalter's] enthusiasm for the subject carries across and the bookearns the biggest compliment that any book about music can earn: it makes youwant to hear again the songs you know and to seek out those you do not. This isno small achievement."--Marc A. Mamigonian, The Boston Book Review, "Far from offended...deep-dyed fans...surely will be overjoyed by therange, depth, and readability--Sudhalter is no academic drudge, but an acewriter--of his coverage.... No jazz collection--no music collection--should bewithout it."--Booklist, "Sudhalter's monumental contribution to the complex story of American music is without precedent. Let no one search Lost Chords for revisionist history: this history-within-history has never been written before--certainly not with such breadth, depth, adn musicianly insight. And let no onehunt here for polemics: there are none. What is here is an extraordinary summing-up of three decades of music-making by jazzmen (poet Carl Sandburg's 1920 addition to the American language), who listened to and jammed with other 'cats of any color' (to appropriate Louis Armstrong's collegial, andtypically generous, salute to fellow musicians), and who then passed along to all within earshot of nightly coast-to-coast remote-control broadcasts and omnipresent recording what they had learned and nourished."--James T. Maher, "[Lost Chords]--which includes profiles of a number of celebrated European-American jazzmen--Beidecker, Bunny Berigan, Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw, to name a few--is at its most intriguing when examining such lesser known figures as the sweetly tragic New Orleans cornetist Emmett Hardy, themultitalented bandleader Adrian Rollins and the irascible braggart Nick LaRocca.... There's much to be learned from his scholarly narrative."--Publishers Weekly, "[Lost Chords]--which includes profiles of a number of celebrated European-American jazzmen--Beidecker, Bunny Berigan, Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw, to name a few--is at its most intriguing when examining such lesser known figures as the sweetly tragic New Orleans cornetist Emmett Hardy, the multitalented bandleader Adrian Rollins and the irascible braggart Nick LaRocca.... There's much to be learned from his scholarly narrative."--Publishers Weekly, "[ Lost Chords ]--which includes profiles of a number of celebrated European-American jazzmen--Beidecker, Bunny Berigan, Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw, to name a few--is at its most intriguing when examining such lesser known figures as the sweetly tragic New Orleans cornetist Emmett Hardy, the multitalented bandleader Adrian Rollins and the irascible braggart Nick LaRocca.... There's much to be learned from his scholarly narrative."-- Publishers Weekly, "The book is full of thoughtful insights into unjustly neglected musicians such as Stew Pletcher, Clarence Hutchenrider, Jack Benny and George Van Eps....The author's identification with the music is so great that a deep nostalgic sadness pervades the end of nearly every chapter, as if inacknowledgment that something had been lost that could never again be recovered."--Allegro, "A serious work of musical scholarship, straightforward and free of rancor.... No one who reads it will ever again be able to take seriously the argument that all white jazz is derivative and second-rate.... If you care about American music, you must read it."--Baltimore Sun, 'Review from previous edition There is a mine of outstandingly useful information here"' Jazzwise''Remarkable book ... Astonishingly successful .... It tells the story of white jazz from Tom Brown's Ragtime Band to the big bands with meticulously researched detail and the awareness you would expect from such a noted cornettist and Bixophile. Lost Chords pretty much accomplishes the near impossible task of being simultaneously academic cand popular.''The Jazz Rag'"marvellous detailed book"'The Irish Times, "Massive, beautifully written and supremely readable.... Combines usefulscholarship, narrative and technical analysis."--an Francisco Examiner andChronicle, "Massive, beautifully written and supremely readable.... Combines useful scholarship, narrative and technical analysis."--an Francisco Examiner and Chronicle, "A meticulously researched volume on an underexamined field of musichistory.... This will be an indispensable volume for musicians and musichistorians, "--Kirkus Reviews, "Well worth reading, a meticulously researched and lovingly history ofsome great players that have been neglected elsewhere."--Cover magazine, "[Sudhalter's] enthusiasm for the subject carries across and the book earns the biggest compliment that any book about music can earn: it makes you want to hear again the songs you know and to seek out those you do not. This is no small achievement."--Marc A. Mamigonian, The Boston BookReview, "A serious work of musical scholarship, straightforward and free ofrancor.... No one who reads it will ever again be able to take seriously theargument that all white jazz is derivative and second-rate.... If you care aboutAmerican music, you must read it."--Baltimore Sun, "When he writes about music, Sudhalter is often unimprovable and unsurpassable."--Jon Newlin, The Times-Picayune, "Well worth reading, a meticulously researched and lovingly history of some great players that have been neglected elsewhere."--Cover magazine, "When he writes about music, Sudhalter is often unimprovable andunsurpassable."--Jon Newlin, The Times-Picayune, "Lost Chords is loaded with analysis and interpretation. That's why wehot-jazz nuts think everyone should read it."--The Star Democrat, "[Lost Chords]--which includes profiles of a number of celebratedEuropean-American jazzmen--Beidecker, Bunny Berigan, Benny Goodman and ArtieShaw, to name a few--is at its most intriguing when examining such lesser knownfigures as the sweetly tragic New Orleans cornetist Emmett Hardy, themultitalented bandleader Adrian Rollins and the irascible braggart NickLaRocca.... There's much to be learned from his scholarlynarrative."--Publishers Weekly, "Sudhalter's monumental contribution to the complex story of Americanmusic is without precedent. Let no one search Lost Chords for revisionisthistory: this history-within-history has never been written before--certainlynot with such breadth, depth, adn musicianly insight. And let no one hunt herefor polemics: there are none. What is here is an extraordinary summing-up ofthree decades of music-making by jazzmen (poet Carl Sandburg's 1920 addition tothe American language), who listened to and jammed with other 'cats of anycolor' (to appropriate Louis Armstrong's collegial, and typically generous,salute to fellow musicians), and who then passed along to all within earshot ofnightly coast-to-coast remote-control broadcasts and omnipresent recording whatthey had learned and nourished."--James T. Maher, "A meticulously researched volume on an underexamined field of music history.... This will be an indispensable volume for musicians and music historians, "--Kirkus Reviews
Copyright Date
2001
Dewey Decimal
781.6508913
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
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Yes
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