Improvisation, swing, blue notes, glissando, scat… these and other ingredients have made jazz a unique musical genre, unmistakable and loved in every corner of the globe. Born in the United States at the end of the 19th century, jazz has its roots in Afro-American music, but has succeeded in becoming contaminated owing to contributions from different styles, fragmenting in turn into countless currents and categories. From the first New Orleans bands, passing through the absolute genius of “Satchmo” Armstrong — who became model for all later jazz musicians — to the big bands of Duke Ellington, Fletcher Henderson, and Benny Goodman, or to the unsurpassed singing performances of Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday, this book retraces the history of jazz, lingering on the most outstanding personalities and musical excerpts that have marked this musical genre more than any other. Besides the classics, ample space is reserved also for artists of the second postwar period who succeeded in renewing jazz, restoring its freshness and vitality again for the new generations of artists that today tread the musical scene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Explore jazz’s evolution from New Orleans to global acclaim, celebrating legends like Armstrong, Ellington, and Fitzgerald. Rich in history, music, and vibrant personalities shaping this enduring genre.
1. JELLY ROLL MORTON: THE INVENTOR OF JAZZ?
\n2. LOUIS ARMSTRONG: JAZZ’S FIRST SOLO GENIUS
\n3. SIDNEY BECHET: NEW ORLEANS CLARINET INNOVATOR
\n4. BIX BEIDERBECKE: JAZZ AGE TRUMPET PHENOM
\n5. DUKE ELLINGTON: ELEGANT MAESTRO, JAZZ AMBASSADOR
\n6. CAB CALLOWAY: HIS HI-DEHIGHNESS OF HO-DE-HO
\n7. FATS WALLER: EBULLIENT JIVESTER, STRIDE STYLIST
\n8. DJANGO REINHARDT: EUROPE’S FIRST JAZZ STAR
\n9. COUNT BASIE: SWINGING THE BLUES
\n10. CHICK WEBB: SULTAN OF THE SAVOY BALLROOM
\n11. BENNY GOODMAN: THE KING OF SWING
\n12. CHARLIE CHRISTIAN: ELECTRIC GUITAR PIONEER
\n13. LIONEL HAMPTON: JAMMER, JIVESTER, PIONEERING VIBIST
\n14. GENE KRUPA: FLAMBOYANT DRUMMIN’ MAN
\n15. BILLIE HOLIDAY: LADY SINGS THE BLUES
\n16. COLEMAN HAWKINS: THE SONG OF THE HAWK
\n17. LESTER YOUNG: PRESIDENT OF THE TENOR SAXOPHONE
\n18. CHARLIE PARKER: HIGHFLYING BIRD AND THE BIRTH OF BEBOP
\n19. DIZZY GILLESPIE: BEBOP ARCHITECT, LATIN JAZZ INNOVATOR
\n20. THELONIOUS MONK: THE HIGH PRIEST OF BEBOP
\n21. ART TATUM: VIRTUOSO OF THE HIGHEST ORDER
\n22. SARAH VAUGHAN: THE DIVINE ONE
\n23. ELLA FITZGERALD: FIRST LADY OF SONG
\n24. BUDDY RICH: ‘THE WORLD’S GREATEST DRUMMER’
\n25. MAX ROACH: BEBOP PIONEER, MUSICAL DRUMMER
\n26. MILES DAVIS: THE PICASSO OF JAZZ
\n27. BUD POWELL: THE CHARLIE PARKER OF PIANO
\n28. BILL EVANS: NEW IMPRESSIONS FOR PIANO
\n29. SONNY ROLLINS: SAXOPHONE COLOSSUS
\n30. JOHN COLTRANE: GIANT STEPS TO THE NEW THING
\n31. ART BLAKEY: THE INDESTRUCTIBLE BU
\n32. HORACE SILVER: FATHER OF FUNKY HARD BOP
\n33. STAN GETZ: THE SOUND, THE SWING, THE SAMBA
\n34. DAVE BRUBECK: ADVENTURES IN TIME
\n35. CHET BAKER: POIGNANT TONES, RAVAGED LIFE
\n36. CHARLES MINGUS: FORMIDABLE BASSIST, PROLIFIC COMPOSER
\n37. RAY CHARLES: R&B PIONEER MEETS JAZZ
\n38. ORNETTE COLEMAN: SAX REVOLUTIONARY, FREE JAZZ ICON
\n39. JIMMY SMITH: THE ORIGINAL HAMMOND B-3 BURNER
\n40. WES MONTGOMERY: HEIR TO CHARLIE CHRISTIAN’S THRONE
\n41. FREDDIE HUBBARD: BADDEST TRUMPET MAN ON THE PLANET
\n42. HERBIE HANCOCK: CROSSING THE ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC DIVIDE
\n43. WAYNE SHORTER: THE ENIGMATIC MR. GONE
\n44 JOE ZAWINUL: VISIONARY KEYBOARDIST, FUSION INNOVATOR
\n45 CHICK COREA: NO MYSTERY TO HIS MASTERY
\n46. JOHN MCLAUGHLIN: A BONA FIDE GUITAR AVATAR
\n47. JACO PASTORIUS: ‘THE WORLD’S GREATEST BASS PLAYER’
\n48. PAT METHENY: NEW HORIZONS FOR JAZZ GUITAR
\n49. KEITH JARRETT: THE ART OF THE IMPROVISER
\n50. WYNTON MARSALIS: 21ST CENTURY JAZZ AMBASSADOR
\n51. JOE LOVANO: IN THE TRADITION, TO THE FUTURE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":55610,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5486],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-55609","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-music","7":"author-preface-by-joe-lovano","8":"author-text-by-bill-milkowski","9":"publisher-white-star","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n