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Musical gumbo : the music of New Orleans

Title: Musical gumbo : the music of New Orleans / Grace Lichtenstein and Laura Dankner.
Author: Lichtenstein, Grace.
Publication: New York : W.W. Norton, 1993.

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Additional Authors

Dankner, Laura.

Description

367 pages : illustrations; 22 cm

Summary

Start the pot simmering with jazz and delta blues. Season with spicy dollops of zydeco, cajun, and gospel. Then bring to a rolling boil with soul, rhythm and blues, and rock 'n' roll. It's a recipe for musical delight that could only be cooked up in New Orleans, the Big Easy.
A perennial source of innovation and hits since the beginning of the century, the music of New Orleans has enjoyed even greater popular success over the last decade. This authoritative, and rollicking, account is the first comprehensive guide to both the music and the hard-living, free-spirited musicians who made, and make, the music. Here are Louis Armstrong and Jelly Roll Morton laying down the foundations of jazz, Clifton Chenier and Buckwheat Zydeco fueling the resurgence of cajun music, Fats Domino and Allen Toussaint creating the breakthrough hits that set the pattern for rock 'n' roll, Dr. John's and the Neville Brothers' freewheeling passage through the '60s, '70s, and '80s, and the return of sophisticated jazz with Harry Connick, Jr., and the Marsalis family. It's all topped off with a guide to nightclubs and the New Orleans Jazz Fest, and a discography of essential CDs.

Subject

Music > New Orleans > History and criticism

Note

Bibliography (note)

Contents

1. Introduction: Jambalaya, Crawfish Pie, File Gumbo -- 2. The Cradle of Jazz Still Rocks. The Birth of Jazz. The Pioneer - Jelly Roll Morton. Sidney Bechet - Reed Poet. Satchmo. Apres Louis. Grand Old Men -- 3. Rebirth - The First Wave of R&B. Beginnings - Fess, Fats, and the Fifties. The Legend - Professor Longhair. The Star - Fats Domino. The Fifties Chart-Toppers. The Starmaker - Allen Toussaint. Gospel and Blues -- 4. The Becond Wave of R&B. Right Place, Right Time. The Conduit - Dr. John. The Meters and the Birth of Funk. First Family - the Neville Brothers. Irma Thomas and Lesser Soul Queens -- 5. Ragin' Cajuns. Chanky Chank - Folk Music of Southern Louisiana. Traditionalists and Progressives. Le Roi, Clifton Chenier. Everyone's Toot Toot - Zydeco Rock -- 6. Back to the Future: Contemporary Jazz. Brass Bands Redux. Keepers of the Flame - the Marsalis Family. Is the D.A.'s Son the Next Sinatra? - Harry Connick, Jr. Wynton's Flock -- 7. Where to Hear It - Where to Find It.
Jazzfest. Mardi Gras and Other Parties. The Club Scene. Rounder, Record Stores, and Radio. Music Libraries, Archives, Jazz Museums. Going Native. Discography. Videography.

ISBN

0393034682

LCCN

92030690

OCLC

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries