Early twentieth-century brass idioms [ art, jazz, and other popular traditions : proceedings of the international conference presented by the Institute of Jazz Studies of Rutgers University and the Historic Brass Society, November 4 - Weiner, Howard T. , 1952-; Historic Brass Society; Rutgers University . Institute of Jazz Studies (Lanham, Md : Scarecrow Press, 2009)
1. Brass playing in the early twentieth century : idioms and cultures of performance -- 2. Trombone idiom in the twentieth century : classical, jazz, and hybrid influences -- 3. Who's on first, what's second, and where did they come from? : the social and musical textures of early jazz -- 4. How the jazz artist practices -- 5. Struttin' with some brass : African American transformations of the trumpet -- 6. An interview with trumpet legends William Fielder and Joe Wilder -- 7. Expanding parameters on brass bands in early New Orleans jazz -- 8. Performance practice techniques of the James Reese Europe Band --9. Italian jazz trumpet style : American and European influences during fascism (1920-1940) -- 10. "Like a string of pearls" : reflections on the role of brass instrumentalists in Jewish instrumental Klezmer music and the trope of "Jewish jazz" -- 11. The early career of Spiegle Willcox : influences to 1930 -- 12. Louis Armstrong and the origins of jazz improvisation -- 13. The blues and the uptown brass bands of New Orleans -- 14. Louis Armstrong, Bunk Johnson, and Jules Levy : the art of "tona
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Includes bibliographical references, discography and index
Keywords: Brass band music -- Congresses; Brass instrument players -- Congresses; Jazz -- Congresses