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The Bluffer's Guide to Jazz (Bluffer's Guides)
The Bluffer's Guide to Jazz - Bluffer's Guides
Author:
AnonIt's a pretty safe bet, if an unfamiliar 1940s/50s name crops up in conversation, that you can easily get away with saying: 'Oh, yes. Parker roomed with him for a time.' Even if he didn't, nobody is going to be sure enough to say so. And it somehow makes the unknown musician seem a better player. LouisianaThe d... more » Jazz legendsBolden's main claim to fame was the loudness of his playing; it being said, with the straightest of faces, that he could be heard “fourteen miles away on a clear night.” As nobody who was fourteen miles away at the time has ever come forward to verify this, it is yet another jazz legend that has to be treated with a modicum of suspicion. A state of mindAnyone looking for a clear definition of the blues, even in the most scholarly books, will be told that blues are fundamentally a state of mind. The spirit of the blues inhabits all true jazz. It's what makes it “funky.”
Author:
AnonIt's a pretty safe bet, if an unfamiliar 1940s/50s name crops up in conversation, that you can easily get away with saying: 'Oh, yes. Parker roomed with him for a time.' Even if he didn't, nobody is going to be sure enough to say so. And it somehow makes the unknown musician seem a better player. LouisianaThe d... more » Jazz legendsBolden's main claim to fame was the loudness of his playing; it being said, with the straightest of faces, that he could be heard “fourteen miles away on a clear night.” As nobody who was fourteen miles away at the time has ever come forward to verify this, it is yet another jazz legend that has to be treated with a modicum of suspicion. A state of mindAnyone looking for a clear definition of the blues, even in the most scholarly books, will be told that blues are fundamentally a state of mind. The spirit of the blues inhabits all true jazz. It's what makes it “funky.”
ISBN-13: 9781903096987
ISBN-10: 1903096987
Publication Date: 4/1/2007
Pages: 92
Edition: Revised
Rating: ?
ISBN-10: 1903096987
Publication Date: 4/1/2007
Pages: 92
Edition: Revised
Rating: ?
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