Jazz Masters of the 20s

By Richard Hadlock

Book Overview

The jazz decade saw the emergence of many of the great figures who defined the music for the world: Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, Earl Hines, Bix Beiderbecke, Fats Waller, Jack Teagarden, Fletcher Henderson--these giants set the standards for blues singing, big band arrangements, and solo improvisation that are the foundations for jazz. Richard Hadlock has chapters on each, with a discography and descriptions of all the players who made the '20s swing.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306803283
• ISBN13: 9780306803284
• Release Date: August 1988
• Publisher: Da Capo
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Excellent jazz history resource!

This compilation of "shorts," written all by Richard Hadlock, are packed with little gems about the history of jazz. Each chapter, based on a different artist, contains a superb bibliography and discography. The writing style of this book is so smooth that you don't realize that you are experiencing a course in jazz history. You really feel like you are there. Hadlock also bases many of his comments on the recordings that he obviously has spent many hours with. What a shame that this book is out of print (but you can still get it from the used books on the B & N site), and that he hasn't written many more volumes. Hadlock is a former Sidney Bechet student from the 1950s.