Jazz for Dummies |
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| Title: | Jazz for Dummies |
| Author: | Dirk Sutro
Barney Kessel (Foreword) |
| Publisher: | For Dummies |
| Type: | Book / Paperback |
| Publication Date: | 16 September, 1998 |
| ISBN / ISBN-13: | 0764550810 / 9780764550812 |
| List Price: | $24.99 |
| You Save: | $15.04 |
| Amazon Price: | $9.95 (via Amazon marketplace seller) |
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Editorial Review / Publisher's Information:
Product Description
Get into the swing of things with this friendly, boppin' guide to bebop and beyond. Written in a style that's as hip as the music itself, Jazz For Dummies lays down the rich history and soulful sounds of jazz, from Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong to Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, and Wynton Marsalis. You'll discover the straight-up lowdown on jazz in all its different styles and eras, from the earliest days in New Orleans to the cutting-edge sounds of today's progressive and avant-garde musicians, along with biographies of all the significant jazz men and women over the last 80 years. Check out author (and former Los Angeles Times jazz critic) Dirk Sutro's list of the most trustworthy jazz labels, the best spots to catch some live jazz from coast to coast, and resources for further jazz enlightenment...plus some sound advice for 100 recommended jazz titles to start your collection and an audio CD with more than an hour's worth of great jazz, from Jelly Roll Morton's pioneering "Thirty-Fifth St. Blues" to saxophone colossus Sonny Rollins' "Way Out West."
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Customer Reviews:
• The Best Place To Start
04 December, 2001
"Jazz for Dummies" takes this complex Americal classical music and distills its basic history and players into a form that newcomers and oldtimes alike will appreciate. Important eras, from early New Orleans to Bebop and Free-Jazz, are represented, as are dozens of jazz's heroes. I found it particularly helpful how the book is divided by sections that trace the history not only of jazz's greatest eras, but also of its great instruments and instrumentalists. Most books about jazz deal with theory, in esoteric language. Sutro's book is admirable for the ways in which it makes jazz accessible to newcomers who want to experience its power. He shows you how to start a collection, which CDs might be of interest, and how to find your own personal path into this epic music. Five stars!
- Amazon Customer Review
• A Great Place To Start!
27 June, 2008
Jazz is a huge subject and this book doesn't pretend to be anything other than what it is: an introduction to the players and the music
Good humored enough to avoid ever becoming "dry and boring" and the author clearly loves his subject
I'd give this 5 Stars if there was an extra couple of chapters on history or music theory.
As it is, solid value for money and a good read
GW
- Amazon Customer Review
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