Bebop [electronic resource] : The Music and Its Players
Owens, Thomas.
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press,
1996.
""When bebop was new,"" writes Thomas Owens, ""many jazz musicians and most of the jazz audience heard it as radical, chaotic, bewildering music."" For a nation swinging to the smoothly orchestrated sounds of the big bands, this revolutionary movement of the 1940s must have seemed destined for a short life on the musical fringe. But today, Owens writes, bebop is nothing less than ""the lingua franca of jazz, serving as the principal musical language of thousands of jazz musicians."" In Bebop, Owens conducts us on an insightful, loving tour through the music, players, and recordings that change
Description based upon print version of record.
Contents; 1 The Beginnings; 2 Early Classics; 3 The Parker Style; 4 Alto Saxophonists; 5 Tenor Saxophonists; 6 Trumpeters; 7 Pianists; 8 Bassists and Drummers; 9 Other Instrumentalists; 10 Ensembles; 11 Younger Masters; Notes; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
""When bebop was new,"" writes Thomas Owens, ""many jazz musicians and most of the jazz audience heard it as radical, chaotic, bewildering music."" For a nation swinging to the smoothly orchestrated sounds of the big bands, this revolutionary movement of the 1940s must have seemed destined for a short life on the musical fringe. But today, Owens writes, bebop is nothing less than ""the lingua franca of jazz, serving as the principal musical language of thousands of jazz musicians."" In Bebop, Owens conducts us on an insightful, loving tour through the music, players, and recordings that change
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Bop (Music)
Jazz musicians