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 /
The work of multiple scholars is combined in this single volume, bringing together in conversation the traditions of brass instrumentalism and jazz idiom. Early Twentieth-Century Brass Idioms: Art, Jazz, and Other Popular Traditions, edited by Howard T. Weiner, features articles by some of the most...
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Lanham, Md. :
Scarecrow Press,
2009.
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| Series: | Studies in jazz ;
no. 58. |
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Table of Contents:
- Brass playing in the early twentieth century : idioms and cultures of performance / Trevor Herbert
- Trombone idiom in the twentieth century : classical, jazz, and hybrid influences / Trevor Herbert
- Who's on first, what's second, and where did they come from? : the social and musical textures of early jazz / Thomas Brothers
- How the jazz artist practices / Jimmy Owens
- Struttin' with some brass : African American transformations of the trumpet / Krin Gabbard
- An interview with trumpet legends William Fielder and Joe Wilder / Ed Berger
- Expanding parameters on brass bands in early New Orleans jazz / Bruce Boyd Raeburn
- Performance practice techniques of the James Reese Europe Band / Reid Badger
- Italian jazz trumpet style : American and European influences during fascism (1920-1940) / Luca Cerchiari
- "Like a string of pearls" : reflections on the role of brass instrumentalists in Jewish instrumental Klezmer music and the trope of "Jewish jazz" / Joel E. Rubin
- The early career of Spiegle Willcox : influences to 1930 / Ralph T. Dudgeon and William Lane (discography)
- Louis Armstrong and the origins of jazz improvisation / Peter Ecklund
- The blues and the uptown brass bands of New Orleans / Vic Hobson
- Louis Armstrong, Bunk Johnson, and Jules Levy : the art of "tonation" / David Sager.