Making the scene : contemporary New York City big band jazz / Alex Stewart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stewart, Alex, 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Big band music--History and criticism.

Big band music.

Big bands--New York (State)--New York.

Big bands.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (420 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The received wisdom of popular jazz history is that the era of the big band was the 1930s and '40s, when swing was at its height. But as practicing jazz musicians know, even though big bands lost the spotlight once the bebop era began, they never really disappeared. Making the Scene challenges conventional jazz historiography by demonstrating the vital role of big bands in the ongoing development of jazz. Alex Stewart describes how jazz musicians have found big bands valuable. He explores the rich "rehearsal band" scene in New York and the rise of repertory orchestras. Making the Scene combines historical research, ethnography, and participant observation with musical analysis, ethnic studies, and gender theory, dismantling stereotypical views of the big band.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of illustrations

Tables

Preface

Author's note

Intro

1. New York City Big Band Scenes

2. Behind the Scenes: Training, Rehearsals, and Gigs

3. The Rise of Repertory Orchestras

4. On the Inside: The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra

5. Making It Work: Leaders and Musical Direction

6. New Directions in Jazz Composition: Three Portraits

7. On the Edge: Sue Mingus and the Mingus Big Band

8. "In the Crack" to "Totally Outside": Avant-Garde Bands

9. Jazz and Clave: Latin Big Bands

10. Going for It: All-Women Bands

11. Blood on the Fields: Wynton Marsalis and the Transformation of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra

Outro

Appendix: Some New York City Big Bands Active in 1997-1998

Notes

Sources

Selected discography of contemporary new york city big band music, 1990-2005

Credits

Index

Notes:

"Roth Family Foundation music in America imprint".

Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-368), discography (p. 369-372), and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9786612358678

9781282358676

1282358677

9780520940161

0520940164

OCLC:

773565074