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Riding On A Blue Note: Jazz And American Pop

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Riding On A Blue Note: Jazz And American Pop
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Gary Giddins
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:336
Dimensions(mm): Height 213,Width 141
Category/GenreRock and Pop
ISBN/Barcode 9780306809248
ClassificationsDewey:781.640973
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Hachette Books
Imprint Da Capo Press Inc
Publication Date 1 January 2000
Publication Country United States

Description

Gary Giddins, winner of the 1998 National Book Critics Circle Award, has a following that includes not only jazz enthusiasts but also pop music fans of every stripe. Writing here in a lyrical and celebratory style all his own, Giddins dazzlingly shows usamong many other thingshow performers originally perceived as radical (Bing Crosby, Count Basie, Elvis Presley) became conservative institutions ...how Charlie Parker created a masterpiece from the strain of an inane ditty ...how the Dominoes helped combine church ritual with pop music ...and how Irving Berlin translated a chiaroscuro of Lower East Side minorities into imperishable songs.

Author Biography

Gary Giddins is a columnist for the Village Voice and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Visions of Jazz. He is also the author of a biography of Bing Crosby. His work has won numerous prizes, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, five ASCAP-Deems Taylor awards, and an American Book Award. He lives in New York City.