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Lost Chords: White Musicians and Their Contribution to Jazz

Lost Chords: White Musicians and Their Contribution to Jazz

by RichardM.Sudhalter (Author)

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    Paperback 2001

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Synopsis

Many jazz fans and critics - and even some jazz musicians - contend that white players have contributed little of substance to the music. This text challenges this narrow view, with a book that pays definitive tribute to a generation of white jazz players, many unjustly forgotten - while never scanting the role of the great black pioneers. Beginning in New Orleans, Sudhalter takes the reader on a multicultural odyssey through the hot jazz gestation centres of Chicago and New York, Indiana and Texas, examining such bands as the New Orleans Rhythm Kings, the Original Memphis Five, and the Casa Loma Orchestra. Readers will find accounts of many key soloists, including Bix Beiderbecke, Benny Goodman, Jack Teagarden, Red Norvo, Bud Freeman, the Dorsey Brothers, Bunny Berigan, Pee Wee Russell, and Artie Shaw, among others.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 890
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Published: 25 Oct 2001
ISBN 10: 019514838X
ISBN 13: 9780195148381

Media Reviews
Lost Chords --which includes profiles of a number of celebrated European-American jazzmen--Beidecker, Bunny Berigan, Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw, to name a few--is at its most intriguing when examining such lesser known figures as the sweetly tragic New Orleans cornetist Emmett Hardy, the
multitalented bandleader Adrian Rollins and the irascible braggart Nick LaRocca.... There's much to be learned from his scholarly narrative. --Publishers Weekly

[Lost Chords]--which includes profiles of a number of celebrated European-American jazzmen--Beidecker, Bunny Berigan, Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw, to name a few--is at its most intriguing when examining such lesser known figures as the sweetly tragic New Orleans cornetist Emmett Hardy, the
multitalented bandleader Adrian Rollins and the irascible braggart Nick LaRocca.... There's much to be learned from his scholarly narrative. --Publishers Weekly


[Lost Chords]--which includes profiles of a number of celebrated European-American jazzmen--Beidecker, Bunny Berigan, Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw, to name a few--is at its most intriguing when examining such lesser known figures as the sweetly tragic New Orleans cornetist Emmett Hardy, the
multitalented bandleader Adrian Rollins and the irascible braggart Nick LaRocca.... There's much to be learned from his scholarly narrative. --Publishers Weekly

[Lost Chords]--which includes profiles of a number of celebrated European-American jazzmen--Beidecker, Bunny Berigan, Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw, to name a few--is at its most intriguing when examining such lesser known figures as the sweetly tragic New Orleans cornetist Emmett Hardy, the multitalented bandleader Adrian Rollins and the irascible braggart Nick LaRocca.... There's much to be learned from his scholarly narrative. --Publishers Weekly


[Lost Chords]--which includes profiles of a number of celebrated European-American jazzmen--Beidecker, Bunny Berigan, Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw, to name a few--is at its most intriguing when examining such lesser known figures as the sweetly tragic New Orleans cornetist Emmett Hardy, the multitalented bandleader Adrian Rollins and the irascible braggart Nick LaRocca.... There's much to be learned from his scholarly narrative. --Publishers Weekly




[Lost Chords]--which includes profiles of a number of celebrated European-American jazzmen--Beidecker, Bunny Berigan, Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw, to name a few--is at its most intriguing when examining such lesser known figures as the sweetly tragic New Orleans cornetist Emmett Hardy, the multitalented bandleader Adrian Rollins and the irascible braggart Nick LaRocca.... There's much to be learned from his scholarly narrative. --Publishers Weekly


Author Bio

Richard M. Sudhalter is a highly respected musician, considered one of today's outstanding trumpet players. A noted critic, broadcaster, and historian, he was co-author of Bix: Man and Legend, still cited as the definitive Beiderbecke biography. He lives on Long Island's North Fork.