Description: Further DetailsTitle: Central Avenue SoundsCondition: NewEAN: 9780520220980ISBN: 9780520220980Publisher: University of California PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 08/31/1999Item Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Width: 33mmItem Weight: 816gContributor: Clora Bryant (Edited by), William Green (Edited by), Marl Young (Edited by), Buddy Collette (Edited by), Steve Isoardi (Edited by)Language: EnglishSubtitle: Jazz in Los AngelesISBN-10: 0520220986Description: The musical and social history of Los Angeles's black community from the 1920s through the early 1950s comes to life in this exceptional oral history collection. Through the voices of musicians who performed on L.A.'s Central Avenue during those years, a vivid picture of the Avenue's place in American musical history emerges. By day, Central Avenue was the economic and social center for black Angelenos. By night, it was a magnet for Southern Californians, black and white, who wanted to hear the very latest in jazz. The oral histories in this book provide firsthand reminiscences by and about some of our great jazz legends: Art Farmer recalls the first time Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie played bebop on the West Coast; Britt Woodman tells of a teenaged Charles Mingus switching from cello to bass; Clora Bryant recalls hard times on the road with Billie Holiday. Here, too, are recollections of Hollywood's effects on local culture, the precedent-setting merger of the black and white musicians' unions, and the repercussions from the racism in the Los Angeles Police Department in the late 1940s and early 1950s.Central Avenue Sounds fills a major gap in California's cultural history, and it shows the influence of a community whose role became as significant in the jazz world as that of Harlem and New Orleans. The voices in this book also testify to the power and satisfaction that can come from making music.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: Society & CultureTopic: History, Social Sciences, Music Dance & Theatre, Home Garden & PetsAuthor: William GreenRelease Year: 1999 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Central Avenue Sounds
Title: Central Avenue Sounds
EAN: 9780520220980
ISBN: 9780520220980
Release Date: 08/31/1999
Release Year: 1999
Contributor: Steve Isoardi (Edited by)
Subtitle: Jazz in Los Angeles
ISBN-10: 0520220986
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Book Title: Central Avenue Sounds : Jazz in Los Angeles
Number of Pages: 465 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Topic: United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Ethnomusicology, Genres & Styles / Jazz
Item Height: 0.1 in
Publication Year: 1999
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Music, History
Item Weight: 28.9 Oz
Author: Buddy Collette
Item Length: 0.9 in
Item Width: 0.6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
