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Jazz: An Illustrated History

Jazz: An Illustrated History

by Geoffrey C . Ward (Author), KenBurns (Author)

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    Paperback 2001

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Synopsis

It is America's music - born out of a million American negotiations- between having and not having; between happy and sad, country and city; between black and white and men and women; between the Old Africa and the Old Europe - which could only have happened in an entirely New World.It is an improvisational art, making itself up as it goes along - just like the country that gave it birth. It demands individual expression but demands selfless collaboration. It is forever changing but nearly always rooted in the blues. It has a rich tradition and its own rules but it is brand-new every night. 'Jazz,' the drummer Art Blakey liked to say, 'washes away the dust of everyday life'.Above all, it swings.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 480
 Publisher: Pimlico
Published: 25 Jan 2001
ISBN 10: 0712667695
ISBN 13: 9780712667692
Book Overview: A real gem - the history of jazz, beautifully illustrated with more than 200 illustrations

Author Bio
GEOFFREY C. WARD, historian, screenwriter, and former editor of American Heritage, is the coauthor of Not for Ourselves Alone, The Civil War, and Baseball and principal writer of the television series on which they were based. He is also the author of The West and principal writer of the script for that series, and has written seven other books, including A First-Class temperament- The Emergence of Franklin Roosevelt, which won the 1989 National Book Critics Circle Award for biography and the 1990 Francis Parkman Prize from the Society of American Historians. His latest book, Unforgivable Blackness, won the 2006 William Hill Sports Book of the Year award (both published by Pimlico). He lives in New York City. KEN BURNS, director and producer of Jazz, has been making award-winning documentary films for more than twenty years. He was director of the landmark PBS series The Civil War and Baseball and executive producer of The West. His other films include the Academy Award-nominated Brooklyn Bridge; The Shakers; The Statue of Liberty (also nominated for an Oscar); Huey Long; Thomas H