基本説明
Selection of 150 greatest jazz performances.
Full Description
The first edition of the Guide was widely praised for identifying 150 key recordings that should form the basis of any jazz collection, backed up by a series of detailed critical commentaries unrivalled in any competing book of its kind for their depth and critical insight. This new edition broadens the scope of the Guide, looking at recent developments and styles and suggesting almost 250 discs as the core collection.The focus of the book remains the music itself. The authors chart the issues of the sessions discussed, and introduce ideas for further listening. To the newcomer to jazz forming a basic collection, this remains the essential guide. To the more seasoned listener, the Guide offers a path through recent areas of the music, and some unexpected selections, as well as providing information and helpful critical discussion.
Contents
Contents. Contributors. Preface and Acknowledgements to the Second Edition. Preface and Acknowledgements to the First Edition. Principal Selections. 1. The First Hot Bands. 2. Solo Stride and Swing Piano. 3. Big Bands to the Mid-1950s. 4. Swing-era Combos. 5. We Called it Music: Dixieland and Swing. 6. The New Orleans Revival. 7. The First Bop Bands. 8. The First Cool Jazz and West Coast Jazz Bands. 9. The First Hard Bop Bands. 10. Swing-Bop Combos. 11. Singers since the 1950s. 12. Latin Jazz. 13. Leaving Hard Bop. 14. Big Bands since the Late 1950s. 15. Soul Jazz and Jazz-Soul Fusion. 16. The Bop Revival. 17. Free Jazz. 18. Fusion. 19. Avant-garde Jazz, Freebop, World Music and other Eclecticisms.
