Wisconsin riffs : jazz portraits from the heartland / Kurt Dietrich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dietrich, Kurt, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jazz--Wisconsin--History and criticism.

Jazz.

Jazz musicians--Wisconsin.

Jazz musicians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (428 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Madison : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, [2018]

Summary:

An extensive, upbeat compilation of Wisconsin's jazz musicians Although New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago are often considered the epicenters of American jazz, this extensive, upbeat compilation of jazz musician biographies details Wisconsin's rich association the genre since its the inception of the genre in the early 1900s.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Introduction

WISCONSIN ICONS

1. Bunny Berigan: The Miracle Man of Swing

2. Woody Herman: Road Father

3. Les Paul: The Wizard of Waukesha

THE EARLY YEARS

4. Early Jazz in Milwaukee

5. Swing and Mainstream Figures

BEYOND THE STATE

6. Three Singers

7. Seven Pianists

8. West Coast Players

9. New York Stars

STYLES AND SCHOOLS

10. Milwaukee Mainstream

11. Modern Jazz in Milwaukee and the Wisconsin Conservatory

12. Jazz Rock

13. Madison Loves Its Singers

14. In and Around the University of Wisconsin-Madison

JAZZ AROUND THE STATE

15. More Milwaukeeans

16. More Madison Scenes

17. Racine-Kenosha

18. The Fox Valley

19. Outliers

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-87020-854-3

OCLC:

1034574164