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Early twentieth-century brass idioms : art, jazz, and other popular traditions : proceedings of the international conference presented by the Institute of Jazz Studies of Rutgers University and the Historic Brass Society, November 4-5, 2005

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Early twentieth-century brass idioms : art, jazz, and other popular traditions : proceedings of the international conference presented by the Institute of Jazz Studies of Rutgers University and the Historic Brass Society, November 4-5, 2005 / edited by Howard T. Weiner.
Publication
Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2009.

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Additional Authors
  • Weiner, Howard T., 1952-
  • Rutgers University. Institute of Jazz Studies.
  • Historic Brass Society.
Description
xvii, 168 pages : illustrations, music; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Studies in jazz ; 58
Uniform Title
Studies in jazz ; no. 58.
Subject
  • Jazz > Congresses
  • Brass instrument players > Congresses
  • Brass band music > Congresses
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references, discography and index.
Contents
Foreword / Jeffrey Nussbaum -- Introduction Brass Playing in the Early Twentieth Century: Idioms and Cultures of Performance / Trevor Herbert -- Ch. 1. Trombone Idiom in the Twentieth Century: Classical, Jazz, and Hybrid Influences / Trevor Herbert -- Ch. 2. Who's on First, What's Second, and Where Did They Come From? The Social and Musical Textures of Early Jazz / Thomas Brothers -- Ch. 3. How the Jazz Artist Practices / Jimmy Owens -- Ch. 4. Struttin' with Some Brass: African American Transformations of the Trumpet / Krin Gabbard -- Ch. 5. An Interview with Trumpet Legends / William Fielder, Joe Wilder and Ed Berger -- Ch. 6. Expanding Parameters on Brass Bands in Early New Orleans Jazz / Bruce Boyd Raeburn -- Ch. 7. Performance Practice Techniques of the James Reese Europe Band / Reid Badger -- Ch. 8. Italian Jazz Trumpet Style: American and European Resonances during Fascism (1920-1940) / Luca Cerchiari -- Ch. 9. "Like a String of Pearls": Reflections on the Role of BrassInstrumentalists in Jewish Instrumental Klezmer Music and the Trope of "Jewish Jazz" / Joel E. Rubin -- Ch. 10. The Early Career of Spiegle Willcox: Influences to 1930 (discography) / Ralph T. Dudgeon and William Lane -- Ch. 11. Louis Armstrong and the Origins of Jazz Improvisation / Peter Ecklund -- Ch. 12. The Blues and the Uptown Brass Bands of New Orleans / Vic Hobson -- Ch. 13. Louis Armstrong, Bunk Johnson, and Jules Levy: The Art of "Tonation" / David Sager.
ISBN
  • 9780810862456 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 081086245X (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780810862463 (ebook)
  • 0810862468 (ebook)
LCCN
2008029934
OCLC
  • ocn234073775
  • 234073775
  • SCSB-9441208
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Columbia University Libraries