West Coast Jazz - Modern Jazz In California1945 - 1960

West Coast Jazz - Modern Jazz In California1945 - 1960

PublisherOxford University Press, Inc.
Copyright HolderTed Gioia
Design ConceptNora West
PhotographyWilliam Claxton
FormatHardback
LanguageEnglish
LocationOxford - New York - Toronto
First Printing1992
Pages / Font404 pages
ISBN0-19-506310-4
Barcode9 780195 063103
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PriceUSD 24.95
ChaptersPreface Contents - Central Avenue Break Down p 3 - The Bird In The Basket p16 - The Chase p 30 - Dave Brubeck And Modern Jazz In San Francisco p 60 - The San Francisco Scene In Thw 1950s p 86 - Central Avenue Survivors p 114 - Big Bands Out West p 139 - City Of Glass p 152 - Chet Baker And The Pianoless Quartet p 167 - From The Lighthouse p 195 - A Ring-tail Monkey p 225 - Marians Go Home p 245 - The Anti-drummer p 264 - Straight Life p 283 - LA Hard Bop p 308 - Something Else! p 331 - West Coast Jazz: Final Considerations p 360 Appendix: - Fifty Representative West Coast Jazz Recordings 1945 - 196 p 370 Notes p 375 Index p 389
NotesPhoto on dust cover: The Lighthouse All Stars, Hermosa Beach, California, 1955 Ⓒ by William Claxton
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