Jazzlife: A Journey for Jazz Across America in 1960 - Hardcover
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In 1960, photographer William Claxton and noted musicologist Joachim Berendt traveled the United States hot on the trail of jazz. Through music halls and marching bands, side streets and subways, they sought to document this living, breathing, beating musical phenomenon that enraptured America across social, economic, and racial lines.
The result of Claxton and Berendt’s collaboration was Jazzlife, much sought after by collectors and now revived in this fresh TASCHEN volume. From coast to coast, from unknown street performers to legends of the genre, this defining jazz journey explores just what made up this most original of American art forms. In New Orleans and New York, in St. Louis, Biloxi, Jackson, and beyond, Claxton’s rapturous yet tender images and accompanying texts examine jazz’s regional diversity as much as its pervasive vitality and soul. They show the music makers and the many spaces and people this music touched, from funeral parades to concert stages, from an elderly trumpet player to kids who hung from windows to catch a glimpse of a passing band.
With images of Charlie Parker, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Muddy Waters, Gabor Szabo, Dave Brubeck, Stan Getz, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, and many more, this is as much a compelling slice of history as it is a loving personal tribute.
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About the Author
Joachim E. Berendt (1922-2000) was a journalist, author, founding member of South West German Radio (Südwestfunk), and a producer of more than 250 music records. His 1953 book Das Jazzbuch became the most successful history book on jazz worldwide. His vast collection of records, books, and jazz documents form the basis of the Jazzinstitut Darmstadt.
William Claxton (1927-2008) began his career shooting jazz record cover art and made his name with images of such leading musicians as Chet Baker, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, and Billie Holiday. His work was featured in Life, Paris Match, and Vogue and in galleries around the world.
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“The best illustrated book on jazz there is.”
“Even in its new incarnation, Jazzlife remains a book unique in the jazz literature, and not only for its physical dimensions. Pore over its pages, and you're seeing jazz ― and related music ― practically everyone who mattered turns up in these pages.”
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- PublisherTaschen America Llc
- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 3836542935
- ISBN 13 9783836542937
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages599
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Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Auf der Suche nach dem Jazz: Begleiten Sie William Claxton auf seiner legendären Jazz-Reise durch die Konzertsäle, Clubs, Gospelkirchen und Plattenstudios der USA und lassen Sie sich vom Groove des amerikanischen Jazz der 1960er-Jahre anstecken. Von Küste zu Küste, von unbekannten Straßenkünstlern bis zu Legenden wie Ella Fitzgerald, Mahalia Jackson, Miles Davis und Muddy Waters dokumentiert Claxtons umfangreiche Bildsammlung die ganze Vielfalt des Genres und den flüchtigen Geist einer Epoche. Seine Bilder wechseln zwischen dem Intimen und dem Spektakulären und schaffen so eine ganz eigene stilistische Polyrhythmik zwischen der Zärtlichkeit und dem Verve dieser uramerikanischen Kunstform.'Der beste Bildband zum Jazz, den es gibt.' Cut, Leipzig. Seller Inventory # 9783836542937
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gebunden. Condition: Neu. Neu -Die Gunst des Augenblicks und die Kunst des Moments: Claxtons »Jazzlife«. Im Jahre 1960 reisten der Fotograf William Claxton und der renommierte Musikkenner Joachim Berendt auf den Spuren des Jazz durch die Vereinigten Staaten. In Konzertsälen und neben Marschkapellen, in Seitenstraßen und in U-Bahnhöfen versuchten sie dieses lebendige, atmende, pulsierende Musikphänomen zu dokumentieren, das Amerika über alle Klassen- und Rassenschranken hinweg in seinen Bann zog. Das Ergebnis dieser Zusammenarbeit zwischen Claxton und Berendt war Jazzlife, ein bei Sammlern überaus begehrter Bildband, der fernab klischeehafter Vorstellungen von verrauchten Jazz-Kaschemmen zu ergründen versuchte, was diese originärste aller amerikanischen Kunstformen eigentlich ausmachte. Ob in New Orleans und New York, in St. Louis, Biloxi, Jackson, LA oder Newport, Claxton und Berendt waren zur rechten Zeit am rechten Ort, um der »Kunst des Moments« Gesichter zu geben. Mit Bildern von Charlie Parker, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Muddy Waters, Gabor Szabo, Dave Brubeck, Stan Getz, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane und vielen anderen ist dieses Buch Dokument einer großartigen Epoche und eine liebenswerte persönliche Hommage an eine einzigartige Kunstform - ein Klassiker. Leicht verkleinerte Sonderausgabe. (Text dt., engl., franz.) 600 pp. Deutsch, Englisch, Französisch. Seller Inventory # 782777
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