Bebop
Subtitle: the music and its players
By: Thomas Owens.
Publisher: Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press, USA; Oxford Univ Pr
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
Subjects: Bop (Music) -- History and criticism; Jazz musicians -- United States
Description: In Bebop, Owens conducts us on an insightful, loving tour through the music, players, and recordings that changed American culture.

Combining vivid portraits of bebop's gigantic personalities with deft musical analysis, he ranges from the early classics of modern jazz (starting with the 1943 Onyx Club performances of Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, Oscar Pettiford, Don Byas, and George Wallington) through the central role of Charlie Parker, to an instrument-by-instrument look at the key players and their innovations.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-297) and index.