{"product_id":"gioia-t-west-coast-jazz-9780520217294","title":"Gioia T West Coast Jazz","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eONE\u003cbr\u003e Central Avenue Breakdown \u003cbr\u003e TWO\u003cbr\u003e The Bird in the Basket \u003cbr\u003e THREE\u003cbr\u003e The Chase \u003cbr\u003e FOUR\u003cbr\u003e Dave Brubeck and Modern Jazz in San Francisco \u003cbr\u003e FIVE\u003cbr\u003e The San Francisco Scene in the 195os \u003cbr\u003e SIX\u003cbr\u003e Central Avenue Survivors \u003cbr\u003e SEVEN\u003cbr\u003e Big Bands out West \u003cbr\u003e EIGHT\u003cbr\u003e City of Glass \u003cbr\u003e NINE\u003cbr\u003e Chet Baker and the Pianoless Quartet \u003cbr\u003e TEN\u003cbr\u003e From the Lighthouse \u003cbr\u003e ELEVEN\u003cbr\u003e A Ring-tail Monkey \u003cbr\u003e TWELVE\u003cbr\u003e Martians Go Home \u003cbr\u003e THIRTEEN\u003cbr\u003e The Anti-drummer \u003cbr\u003e FOURTEEN\u003cbr\u003e Straight Life  \u003cbr\u003e FIFTEEN\u003cbr\u003e LA Hard Bop \u003cbr\u003e SIXTEEN\u003cbr\u003e Something Else!   \u003cbr\u003e SEVENTEEN\u003cbr\u003e West Coast Jazz: Final Considerations \u003cbr\u003e POSTSCRIPT:\u003cbr\u003e A Stroll Through California Jazz Nightspots \u003cbr\u003e APPENDIX:\u003cbr\u003e Fifty Representative West Coast Jazz Recordings 1945-1960 \u003cbr\u003e Notes \u003cbr\u003e Index ","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48864841597271,"sku":"9780520217294","price":24.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520217294.jpg?v=1722273224","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/gioia-t-west-coast-jazz-9780520217294","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}