Bebop: Third Ear: The Essential Listening Companion

by Scott Yanow

Overview

(Book). On the heels of swing, bebop lifted jazz from the dance floor into an art form powered by virtuoso players. This engaging collection of essays, biographies and reviews by veteran jazz journalist Scott Yanow probes the lives and revolutionary works of more than 500 great beboppers, including the giants: Charlie Parker, Dizzie Gillespie, Bud Powell, Max Roach and Thelonious Monk. The guide also explores key artists such as Sarah Vaughan, Charlie Christian and the young Miles Davis, plus such later figures as Joe Pass and Barry Harris.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780879306083
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	08/01/2000
Series:	Third Ear Series
Pages:	402
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 8.88(h) x 0.97(d)

Editorial Reviews

Prolific jazz writer Yanow provides a thick reference on the innovative tunes and attitudes that transformed jazz from dance music to an art form beginning in 1945. He combines anecdotal biographies, photographs, and reviews and ratings of recordings. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

In Bebop, Scott Yanow offers a 391page compendium of insights, anecdotal biographies, essays, and reviews of jazz music and the musicians that created this authentically American art form. Bebop explores the early roots and influences of jazz (193744); the pioneers and key players, singers, and band leaders of the classic Bebop era (194549); and the evolution of Bebop from 1949 to the present day. Also features is a unique survey of LPs an CDs released through 1999 by both vintage Bebop performers and contemporary Bebopbased musicians. From Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Thelonious Monk to Sarah Vaughen, Miles Davis, and Sonny Rollins, Bebop offers fresh perspective, new discovers, and insightful commentary. This is a "must" for all personal, professional, and academic popular music history and reference collections.