Riding On A Blue Note

Jazz And American Pop

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Gary Giddins

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Paperback / softback

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Gary Giddins, winner of the 1998 National Book Critics Circle Award, has a following that includes not only jazz enthusiasts but also pop music fans of every stripe. Writing here in a lyrical and celebratory style all his own, Giddins dazzlingly shows usamong many other thingshow performers originally perceived as radical (Bing Crosby, Count Basie, Elvis Presley) became conservative institutions ...how Charlie Parker created a masterpiece from the strain of an inane ditty ...how the Dominoes helped combine church ritual with pop music ...and how Irving Berlin translated a chiaroscuro of Lower East Side minorities into imperishable songs.

Author Biography:

Gary Giddins is a columnist for the Village Voice and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Visions of Jazz. He is also the author of a biography of Bing Crosby. His work has won numerous prizes, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, five ASCAP-Deems Taylor awards, and an American Book Award. He lives in New York City.

Release date Australia

January 7th, 2000

Author

Gary Giddins

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Pages

336

Dimensions

141x213x19

ISBN-13

9780306809248

Product ID

2717333

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