Music Makes Me: Fred Astaire and Jazz

by Todd Decker

Book Overview

Fred Astaire: one of the great jazz artists of the twentieth century? Astaire is best known for his brilliant dancing in the movie musicals of the 1930s, but in Music Makes Me, Todd Decker argues that Astaire's work as a dancer and choreographer --particularly in the realm of tap dancing--made a significant contribution to the art of jazz. Decker examines the full range of Astaire's work in filmed and recorded media, from a 1926 recording with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520268903
• ISBN13: 9780520268906
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"