The André Hodeir jazz reader
By: by André Hodeir ; edited by Jean-Louis Pautrot.
Contributors: Pautrot, Jean-Louis.
Series: Jazz perspectives; Jazz perspectives (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
Publisher: The University of Michigan Press; University of Michigan Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
ISBN-13: 9780472098835; 9780472068838
Subjects: Jazz -- History and criticism.
Notes: Includes discography (p.   ), bibliographical references (p.   ), and index.
Table of contents: title: A great classical figure among the oldtimers; title: A masterpiece : Concerto for Cootie; title: Charlie Parker and the bop movement; title: Miles Davis and the cool tendency; title: Melody in jazz; title: Musical thought; title: The bird is gone : a tribute to Charlie Parker; title: Why do they age so badly?; title: The Count Basie riddle; title: Bags' microgroove : the recorded works of Milt Jackson; title: Monk or the misunderstanding; title: Truthful account of a Journey to Jazzinia; title: Crabwise; title: Avatars of a hero; title: Jarvinen's propositions together with a commentary; title: Improvisation simulation : its origins, its function in a work of jazz.