Riding On A Blue Note: Jazz And American Pop
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Riding On A Blue Note: Jazz And American Pop
By (Author) Gary Giddins
Hachette Books
Da Capo Press Inc
7th January 2000
7th January 2000
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
781.640973
Physical Properties
Paperback
336
Width 141mm, Height 213mm, Spine 19mm
396g
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 Bio
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.
