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Collected Works : A Journal Of Jazz 19542000
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As Jazz Critic For The New Yorker Magazine Since 1957, And The Author Of Fifteen Books, Whitney Balliett Has Spent A Lifetime Listening To And Writing About Jazz. All Firstrate Criticism, He Once Wrote In A Review Of Someone Else'S Work, First Defines What We Are Confronting. He Could As Easily Have Been Describing His Own Work. For Nearly Half A Century, Balliett Has Been Telling Us, In Pitchperfect Prose, What We Confront When We Listen To America'S Greatest, And Perhaps Only Truly Original, Musical Form.Collected Works: A Journal Of Jazz 19542000 Is A Monumental Achievement, Capturing The Full Range And Register Of The Jazz Scene, From The First Newport Jazz Festival In 1954 To Recent Performances By A Rising Generation Of Musicians. Here Are Definitive Portraits Of Such Major Figures As: Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Django Reinhardt, Martha Raye, Buddy Rich, Charles Mingus, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holliday, Art Tatum, Bessie Smith, And Earl Hinesa List That Barely Scratches The Surface. Generations Of Readers Have Learned To Listen To The Music With Balliett'S Graceful Guidance. For Five Decades He Has Captured The Moments When Jazz History Was Being Made.Balliett'S Knowledge Is Encyclopedic Treasure And Yet He Has Always Written As If He Were Listening For The First Time. Since Its Beginnings In New Orleans At The Turn Of The Century, Jazz Has Been Restlessly And Relentlessly Evolving, Improvising, Experimenting, Shapeshifting, A Constant Work In Progress Of Sounds And Tonal Shades, From Swing And Dixieland, Through Boogiewoogie, Bebop, And Hard Bop, To The New Thing, Free Jazz, Abstract Jazz, And Atonal Jazz. Yet In All Its Forms, The Music Is Sustained By What Balliett Calls A Secret Emotional Center, An Aural Elixir That Reveals Itself When An Improvised Phrase Or An Entire Solo Or Even A Complete Number Catches You By Surprise. Whitney Balliett Performs The Miracle Of Capturing The Essence Of Jazzthe Sound Of Surprise.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Q: Who is the author of 'Collected Works: A Journal of Jazz 1954-2000'? A: The author of 'Collected Works: A Journal of Jazz 1954-2000' is Whitney Balliett, who has been a jazz critic for The New Yorker magazine since 1957.
- Q: What topics does this book cover? A: This book covers a wide range of topics related to jazz, including profiles of major figures in jazz history, significant events like the first Newport Jazz Festival, and the evolution of jazz music over the decades.
- Q: How many pages are in the book? A: The book contains 928 pages.
- Q: What is the binding type of this book? A: The book is bound in hardcover.
- Q: When was 'Collected Works: A Journal of Jazz 1954-2000' published? A: The book was published on December 1, 2000.
- Q: Is this book a first edition? A: Yes, this is the first edition of 'Collected Works: A Journal of Jazz 1954-2000'.
- Q: What condition is the book in? A: The book is in new condition.
- Q: What genre does this book belong to? A: This book belongs to the jazz genre.
- Q: Does the book include portraits of specific jazz musicians? A: Yes, the book includes definitive portraits of many jazz musicians, including Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, and Billie Holliday, among others.
- Q: What makes Whitney Balliett's writing unique? A: Whitney Balliett's writing is known for its pitch-perfect prose and the ability to capture the essence of jazz, often describing the music as having a 'secret emotional center'.