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Jazz singing : America's great voices from Bessie Smith to bebop and beyond / Will Friedwald.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML3508 .F74 1996
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Friedwald, Will, 1961-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jazz vocals--History and criticism.
- Jazz vocals.
- Singers--United States.
- Singers.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Jazz vocals.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 505 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First Da Capo edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Da Capo Press, 1996.
- Summary:
- This comprehensive study of jazz singing is a revelation to anyone who owns at least one jazz recording and a must for the serious jazz enthusiast. Friedwald traces the growth and development of jazz, discusses performers who have never been thought of as jazz singers, and looks at contemporary artists who have incorporated jazz into their music. 16-page insert.
- Notes:
- Originally published: New York : Collier Books ; Toronto ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan, c1992. With new discography.
- Discography: pages [433]-485.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0306807122
- OCLC:
- 34878818
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