Description
Book SynopsisHow 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 ContentsONE
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
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Index
