Record Details

Catalog Search

Search The Catalog


The art of jazz : a visual history Cover Image Book

The art of jazz : a visual history / Alyn Shipton ; foreword by John Edward Hasse.

Shipton, Alyn, (author.). Hasse, John Edward, 1948- (writer of foreword.).

Summary:

"An illustrated exploration of how the expressionism and spontaneity of jazz spilled onto its album art, posters, and promotional photography, and even inspired standalone works of fine art"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1623545048
  • ISBN: 9781623545048
  • Physical Description: 256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
  • Publisher: Watertown, MA : An Imagine Book, published by Charlesbridge, 2020.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (page 248) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Jazz begins -- The jazz age -- The swing era -- World War II -- Bebop and modern jazz versus the New Orleans revival -- Birth of the cool and West Coast jazz -- The new mainstream -- Changing landscape : Mingus, Coltrane, and Coleman -- Jazz fusions -- Postmodern jazz -- Twenty-first-century jazz.

Search for related items by subject

Subject:
Commercial art > United States > Pictorial works.
Jazz in art.
Jazz musicians > Portraits.
Jazz > Pictorial works.
Jazz > History and criticism.
Sound recordings > Album covers > Pictorial works.
Genre:
Illustrated works.
Portraits.

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
Sort by distance from:
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Marion Library 704.9497 SHI (Text) 37810435774673 Adult Nonfiction Available -