Early twentieth-century brass idioms : art, jazz, and other popular traditions : proceedings of the international conference presented by the Institute of Jazz Studies of Rutgers University and the Historic Brass Society, November 4-5, 2005 /

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Historic Brass Society, Rutgers University. Institute of Jazz Studies
Other Authors: Weiner, Howard T., 1952-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2009.
Series:Studies in jazz ; no. 58.
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Table of Contents:
  • Brass playing in the early twentieth century : idioms and cultures of performance / Trevor Herbert
  • Trombone idiom in the twentieth century : classical, jazz, and hybrid influences / Trevor Herbert
  • Who's on first, what's second, and where did they come from? : the social and musical textures of early jazz / Thomas Brothers
  • How the jazz artist practices / Jimmy Owens
  • Struttin' with some brass : African American transformations of the trumpet / Krin Gabbard
  • An interview with trumpet legends William Fielder and Joe Wilder / Ed Berger
  • Expanding parameters on brass bands in early New Orleans jazz / Bruce Boyd Raeburn
  • Performance practice techniques of the James Reese Europe Band / Reid Badger
  • Italian jazz trumpet style : American and European influences during fascism (1920-1940) / Luca Cerchiari
  • "Like a string of pearls" : reflections on the role of brass instrumentalists in Jewish instrumental Klezmer music and the trope of "Jewish jazz" / Joel E. Rubin
  • The early career of Spiegle Willcox : influences to 1930 / Ralph T. Dudgeon and William Lane (discography)
  • Louis Armstrong and the origins of jazz improvisation / Peter Ecklund
  • The blues and the uptown brass bands of New Orleans / Vic Hobson
  • Louis Armstrong, Bunk Johnson, and Jules Levy : the art of "tonation" / David Sager.