Jazz Singing America's Great Voices From Bessie Smith To Bebop And Beyond

by Friedwald, Will

• ISBN13: 9780306807121
• ISBN10: 0306807122
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-08-22
• Publisher: Da Capo Press

Summary

This comprehensive study of jazz singing is a revelation to anyone who owns at least one jazz recording and a must for the serious jazz enthusiast. Friedwald traces the growth and development of jazz, discusses performers who have never been thought of as jazz singers, and looks at contemporary artists who have incorporated jazz into their music. 16-page insert.

Author Biography

Will Friedwald is the author of The Warner Bros. Cartoons, Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies, and Sinatra! The Song Is You.

Table of Contents

Preface: Definitions
Forebears: The Birth and the Blues	p. 1
Mr. Satch and Mr. Cros: Louis Armstrong and Bing Crosby	p. 23
The First Generation: The Late Twenties and Early Thirties	p. 50
Cult of the White Goddess: Mildred Bailey, Conee Boswell, and Lee Wiley	p. 68
Sing Me a Swing Song!: Canaries of the Hellenic Era	p. 91
Lady Day and Lady Time: Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald	p. 126
Brothers and Sisters: The Early Hot Vocal Groups	p. 154
The Conquest of the Crooners: Pop Singing in the Postwar Era	p. 185
Modernism 1: Sing a Song of Bebop	p. 223
Modernism 2: Ballads, Baritones, and B.	p. 251
Modernism 3: Torme, O'Day, and the Vo-Cool School	p. 279
Sinatra!: And Other Swingin' Lovers	p. 312
Singing Horns: Jack Teagarden to Chet Baker	p. 342
Revolt of the Philistines: Problems and Answers in the Sixties	p. 371
Present Tense: The Past Predicted, the Future Re-created	p. 399
Selected Discography: Future Definitions	p. 433
Acknowledgments: "Additions to Further Definitions"	p. 487
Index	p. 489
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