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Jazz on Record

其他書名	A History
出版	Billboard Books, 1991
主題	Music / Genres & Styles / Jazz
ISBN	08230756219780823075621
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=FBcwAQAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋The history of jazz on record is not the same as the history of jazz. The music itself is adventurous, improvisatory, of-the-moment, alive; recordings are fixed, and the recording process has often placed limitations on the music and the way it is performed. Yet the records are what survive. And the greatest jazz records have had a profound impact on shifting styles and musical movements, from the swing/big band years through bebop, free jazz, and fusion. This book explores how records, the recording process, and the record business have changed the shape of jazz. Starting with the early 78s and ending with today's compact discs, this absorbing study looks at the recording activity and landmark discs of key jazz artists, including the original Dixieland jazz band, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, and the more recent leaders like Bobby McFerrin and Wynton Marsalis. Supplementing the text is a discography of seminal recorded works, so that casual jazz listeners--as well as serious record buffs--can build a comprehensive collection.