W. C. Handy
Author
Series
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
W.C. Handy (18731958) was a sensitive child who loved nature and music; but not until he had won a reputation did his father, a preacher of stern Calvinist faith, forgive him for following the "devilish" calling of black music and theater. Here Handy tells of this and other struggles: the lot of a black musician with entertainment groups in the turn-of-the-century South; his days in minstrel shows, and then in his own band; how he made his first 100...
Author
Series
Publisher
Sony Music Entertainment
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
Using live musical examples to illustrate his points, Leonard Bernstein attempts to define and analyze jazz and to show what sets it apart from other music. He describes the basic elements of jazz and shows how they are tied together to produce the special jazz sound.