Riding on a Blue Note: Jazz and American Pop

Giddins, Gary

ISBN 10: 019502835X / ISBN 13: 9780195028355

Published by Oxford University Press, 1981

About this Item

FIRST EDITION in dust jacket. Both the book and dust jacket are AS NEW. No remainder mark; price intact on the front dust jacket flap. 'Jazz & American Pop.'.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1616463815313

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Riding on a Blue Note: Jazz and American Pop
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 019502835X
• ISBN 13: 9780195028355
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Jazz
  • Music

About this title

Synopsis

Collects the best of Giddins' articles for the Village Voice written since 1973. Thirty pungent articles cover singers such as Bing Crosby, Sarah Vaughan, and Ethel Waters; instrumentalists including Count Basie and Charlie Parker; such composers as Scott Joplin, Duke Ellington, and Sonny Rollins; and the jazz trade in general.

From the Back Cover

RIDING ON A BLUE NOTE is an important collection by a major new voice in music criticism. Writing for the Village Voice since 1973, Gary Giddins has attracted a following that includes not only jazz enthusiasts but also pop music fans of every stripe. This volume brings together Giddins's best writings on the great names in jazz as well as on pop figures rarely treated seriously.