The less subdued excitement
Subtitle: a century of jazz in Bellingham and Whatcom County, Washington
By: Milton Krieger
Edition: First edition and printing
Publisher: Whatcom County Historical Society
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Bellingham, Wash
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780939576258
Subjects: Jazz; History and criticism; History
Other titles: Century of jazz in Bellingham and Whatcom County, Washington
Description: Publisher description: Who knew that a century's jazz history in Bellingham and Whatcom County was waiting to be discovered? Milt Krieger found this out and this book, six years in preparation and current to mid-2012, is the result. It draws on the writer's career as an academic historian and forty years of local experience teaching at Western Washington University and in retirement. Using private and public archive sources, photographs, recordings and live performances, it's a pioneer account of jazz in an unexpected "small town" setting.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Local pioneers: our first jazz generations; title: Incoming: our jazz horizons widen, 1945-1970; title: Musicians Union Local 451; title: Our mainstream jazz, c.1970; title: Jazz at Western Washington University: modernism settles in; title: Youth jazz; title: Venues and promoters; title: Current local jazz, and its prospects.