| Series |
CMS sourcebooks in American music ; no. 5
CMS sourcebooks in American music ; no. 5. ^A690096
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| Contents |
Dealing with the past: the Miles Davis Orchestra of 1948-1950 -- Cool: the word and the musical style -- Musical beginnings: the ursprung of the style. Bix Beiderbecke ; Stan Getz and Ralph Burns ; Dave Brubeck and his octet ; Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington ; Lennie Tristano and his students -- The Claude Thornhill Orchestra. "Ev'rything I love" ; "Thriving on a riff" ; "Donna Lee" -- The formation of the band: the workshop and the club dates. The first broadcast ; The second broadcast -- The Gil Evans arrangements. "Moon dreams" ; "Boplicity" -- The Gerry Mulligan arrangements. "Jeru" ; "Godchild" ; "Venus de Milo" ; "Rocker" -- The John Lewis arrangements. "Move" ; "Budo" ; "Rouge" -- The John Carisi and Miles Davis compositions. "Israel" ; "Deception" -- Cause and effect : the 1950s. |
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Audio CD contents. In a mist (Bix Beiderbecke, 1927) (2:50) -- Early autumn (Woody Herman, 1948) (3:14) -- Fugue on bop themes (Dave Brubeck Octet, 1956) (2:46) -- What is this thing called love? (Dave Brubeck Octet, 1956) (2:43) -- Chelsea Bridge (Duke Ellington, 1941) (2:55) -- Wow (Lennie Tristano, 1949) (3:22) -- Thriving on a riff (Claude Thornhill, 1947) (3:31) -- Donna Lee (Claude Thornhill, 1947) (2:33) -- Moon dreams (Miles Davis, 1950) (3:20) -- Boplicity (Miles Davis, 1949) (2:54) -- Jeru (Miles Davis, 1949) (3:04) -- Godchild (Miles Davis, 1949) (3:00) -- Rocker (Miles Davis, 1950) (2:56) -- Rouge (Miles Davis, 1949) (3:16) -- Israel (Miles Davis, 1949) (2:18) -- Deception (Miles Davis, 1950) (2:49) -- Summertime (Miles Davis, 1958) (3:19) -- Morpo (Shorty Rogers, 1953) (3:31). |
| Abstract |
Jazz, from its origins until World War II, was America's hot new music of the 20th century, and this music spread like wildfire to Europe and beyond. Shortly after the war ended a calming influence manifested itself in jazz and a new genre emerged with its own soundscape and quickly rose to worldwide popularity and influence--Cool Jazz. This book traces the history of this music to its roots in French Impressionism and European Neo-Classicism, describes the key roles played by Bix Beiderbecke, Lester Young, Lennie Tristano, Claude Thornhill, and Dave Brubeck in the development of this genre, and focuses on the major figures associated with a group of landmark recordings and on an ensemble that felicitously came to be known as The Birth of the Cool. The contributions of Miles Davis, Gil Evans, Gerry Mulligan, John Lewis, and John Carisi are considered in detail, and the scores of this music, arranged for Davis's nine-piece band, are analyzed and compared. The influence of this music persists to the present day, and the final chapter suggests continuities and developments that might still be explored by interested readers. The book is illustrated with photos of musicians and manuscripts, contains many musical examples and a detailed index, has both a bibliography and a short discography, and it includes a compact disc that contains many of the key recordings discussed in the text. |
| Local note | JOYNER MUSIC LIBRARY BOOK ACCOMPANIED BY SOUND RECORDING LOCATED AT CALL NUMBER: MusicLib CD-10709. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-157), discography (pages 159-160), and index. |
| LCCN | 2007047320 |
| ISBN | 9781576471289 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1576471284 (alk. paper) |
