This work portrays the giants of jazz, relates what they achieved, and tells how they made their way in a world not always ready for them. The text offers a clear, informative history of the art, and the photographs present Coleman Hawkins, Count Basie, Charles Mingus, Benny Godman, Louis Armstrong and scores of others. These haunting photographs are supplemented with some rare vintage prints to tell the whole story of jazz from Buddy Bolden to Anthony Braxton.

Jazz People

Arts & Photography

Morgenstern, Dan

Photography & Video

PRENTICE/HALL

A companion to the touring exhibition includes photos from all stages of Armstrong's career, collages, and paintings from the jazz era

Louis Armstrong: A Cultural Legacy

Bogle, Donald

Long, Richard A.

Queens Museum of Art

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Univ of Washington Pr

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

And what a day it was, when nearly sixty jazz greats gathered on a Harlem street one morning in August 1958 for what was, incredibly, the photographer Art Kane's first professional shoot. Art Blakey, Charles Mingus, Coleman Hawkins, Sonny Rollins, Mary Lou Williams, Thelonious Monk, Lester Young, Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie, Marian McPartland. . . .No one knew how many would show up at 10:00 A.M. for what was planned as the centerfold for Esquire magazine, but at the appointed hour they began coming—by subway, by taxi, and on foot. What resulted became the most famous jazz photograph ever—instantly recognizable to jazz fans the world over and the inspiration for the 1995 Oscar-nominated documentary A Great Day in Harlem. This remarkable photograph and the outtakes and candids shot that day—reproduced here in elegant duotone on high-quality paper—are complemented by biographical information on all the musicians in the photograph and by essays from some of the greatest jazz writers of our time—Whitney Balliett, Ralph Ellison, Gary Giddins, and Dan Morgenstern. "This is pure American cultural history," said Philip Elwood of the San Francisco Examiner, "capturing not just a day, but an era."

The Great Jazz Day

Graham, Charles

University, Dan Morgenstern Rutgers

Da Capo Press

A collection of essays, biographical profiles, and critical analyses by one of the twentieth century's leading jazz writers includes commentary on the work of jazz entertainers, including Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, and Louis Armstrong, as well as assessment of the role of jazz in contemporary culture and its influence on modern music. 20,000 first printing.

Living with Jazz: A reader edited by Sheldon Meyer

Pantheon

Features Lester Young, early black recording, Earl Hines, jazz and bop harmony.

Annual Review of Jazz Studies 4: 1988 (Volume 4)

Berger, Edward

Cayer, David

PORTER, Lewis

Music

Scarecrow Press

The Annual Review of Jazz Studies is dedicated to scholarly research on jazz and its related musical forms. It recognizes the growing awareness of jazz as a cultural phenomenon. All volumes include numerous musical examples, a book review section, a portfolio of jazz photographs, and bibliographic surveys. The seventh volume of this series is a special expanded work covering 1994 and 1995. It provides articles on Ornette Coleman, Thelonious Monk, Billie Holliday, and Fats Waller. It explores the distinctions between jazz and the underpinnings of European musical forms, and jazz history. For jazz scholars and aficionados. Published in cooperation with the Institute for Jazz Studies, Rutgers University.

Annual Review of Jazz Studies 7: 1994-1995

MARTIN, Henry

This work portrays the giants of jazz, relates what they achieved, and tells how they made their way in a world not always ready for them. The text offers a clear, informative history of the art, and the photographs present Coleman Hawkins, Count Basie, Charles Mingus, Benny Godman, Louis Armstrong and scores of others. These haunting photographs are supplemented with some rare vintage prints to tell the whole story of jazz from Buddy Bolden to Anthony Braxton.

Abrams

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