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The art of jazz : a visual history  Cover Image Book Book

The art of jazz : a visual history / Alyn Shipton ; foreword by John Edward Hasse.

Shipton, Alyn, (author.). Hasse, John Edward, 1948- (writer of foreword.).

Summary:

"An illustrated exploration of how the expressionism and spontaneity of jazz spilled onto its album art, posters, and promotional photography, and even inspired standalone works of fine art"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781623545048
  • ISBN: 1623545048
  • Physical Description: 256 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
  • Publisher: Watertown, MA : Imagine!, [2020]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Jazz begins -- The jazz age -- The swing era -- World War II -- Bebop and modern jazz versus the New Orleans revival -- Birth of the cool and West Coast jazz -- The new mainstream -- Changing landscape : Mingus, Coltrane, and Coleman -- Jazz fusions -- Postmodern jazz -- Twenty-first-century jazz.
Subject: Jazz > History and criticism.
Jazz musicians > Portraits.
Jazz > Pictorial works.
Jazz in art.
MUSIC / History & Criticism.
Jazz.
Jazz in art.
Jazz musicians.
Genre: Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Pictorial works.
Portraits.
Illustrated works.

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Homer Public Library 704.9 SHI (Text) 000160344 Nonfiction Available -


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