New Dutch Swing: Jazz + Classical Music + Absurdism

New Dutch Swing: Jazz + Classical Music + Absurdism

EditorSylvia Warren
Senior Editor/DirectorBob Nirkind
PublisherWatson-Guptill Publications
Production Director/ManagerEllen Greene
PhotographyFrancesca Patella
ImprintBillboard Books
Cover/Jacket Design byJay Anning
Book Design byJay Anning
Copyright HolderKevin Whitehead
About/SubjectJazz, Free Jazz, Free Improvisation
FormatHardback
LanguageEnglish
LocationNew York
First Printing1998
Copyright1998
Pages / Fontxiv, 338 pages
Barcode9780823083343
ISBN0-8230-8334-9
EAN 552195
Price$21.95 USA
ChaptersAcknowledgements iii Introduction vi Prologue: what Hawk found ix Part I Founders 1 How the Dutch tell time 2 2 City kids 26 3 Border crossings 41 4 Actie = Action 66 5 Organization is not hierarchical 93 6 Farewell to the first golden era 109 Photo gallery 131 Part II Troops 7 Menu options 142 8 String section 163 9 Travelers' tales 185 10 Brass bands 216 Part III Composers 11 Eight to the bar 238 12 Boomers 253 13 Side exit 278 14 Third generation 296 Works consulted 314 Discography 319 Index 334
NotesManufactured in the United States of America Includes ten pages of black-and-white photographs
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