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How could it when the same critics asking the question could hardly agree on a definition of jazz itself? Was West Coast jazz the last regional style or merely a marketing fad? Was there really ever any such thing as West Coast jazz? If so, was it better or worse than East Coast jazz? This title deals with this queries.

Table of Contents
ONE
Central Avenue Breakdown
TWO
The Bird in the Basket
THREE
The Chase
FOUR
Dave Brubeck and Modern Jazz in San Francisco
FIVE
The San Francisco Scene in the 195os
SIX
Central Avenue Survivors
SEVEN
Big Bands out West
EIGHT
City of Glass
NINE
Chet Baker and the Pianoless Quartet
TEN
From the Lighthouse
ELEVEN
A Ring-tail Monkey
TWELVE
Martians Go Home
THIRTEEN
The Anti-drummer
FOURTEEN
Straight Life
FIFTEEN
LA Hard Bop
SIXTEEN
Something Else!
SEVENTEEN
West Coast Jazz: Final Considerations
POSTSCRIPT:
A Stroll Through California Jazz Nightspots
APPENDIX:
Fifty Representative West Coast Jazz Recordings 1945-1960
Notes
Index

Gioia T West Coast Jazz

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      Publisher University of California Press
      Published 1 October 1998
      ISBN-13 9780520217294
      978-0520217294
      ISBN-10 0520217292
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      The arts: general topics Composers and songwriters Musicians, singers, bands and groups

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      How could it when the same critics asking the question could hardly agree on a definition of jazz itself? Was West Coast jazz the last regional style or merely a marketing fad? Was there really ever any such thing as West Coast jazz? If so, was it better or worse than East Coast jazz? This title deals with this queries.

      Table of Contents
      ONE
      Central Avenue Breakdown
      TWO
      The Bird in the Basket
      THREE
      The Chase
      FOUR
      Dave Brubeck and Modern Jazz in San Francisco
      FIVE
      The San Francisco Scene in the 195os
      SIX
      Central Avenue Survivors
      SEVEN
      Big Bands out West
      EIGHT
      City of Glass
      NINE
      Chet Baker and the Pianoless Quartet
      TEN
      From the Lighthouse
      ELEVEN
      A Ring-tail Monkey
      TWELVE
      Martians Go Home
      THIRTEEN
      The Anti-drummer
      FOURTEEN
      Straight Life
      FIFTEEN
      LA Hard Bop
      SIXTEEN
      Something Else!
      SEVENTEEN
      West Coast Jazz: Final Considerations
      POSTSCRIPT:
      A Stroll Through California Jazz Nightspots
      APPENDIX:
      Fifty Representative West Coast Jazz Recordings 1945-1960
      Notes
      Index

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