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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.
Copyright: ℗♭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.