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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weiner, Howard T. , 1952- (Author)
Corporate Authors: Historic Brass Society, Rutgers University . Institute of Jazz Studies
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md : Scarecrow Press , c2009
Series:Studies in jazz 58
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Online Access:NetLibrary
Table of Contents:
  • 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