Richard sudhalter lost chords book

Stardust melody, richard msudhalter shop online for. Sudhalter challenges this narrow view, with a book that pays definitive tribute to a generation of white. Sudhalter, sets out to make clear the enormous contributions and talents of these important white musicians. Sudhalter s mastery of language is everywhere in his biographies of bix beidebecke and hoagy carmichael, and his monumental study lost chords. Dick sudhalter is an internationally regarded jazz trumpet and fluegelhorn soloist, and a challenge recording artist. Sudhalter challenges this narrow view, with a book that pays definitive tribute to a generation of white jazz players, many unjustly forgottenwhile never scanting the role of the great black pioneers. White musicians and their contribution to jazz, 1915.

White musicians and their contribution to jazz, 191545 richard m. White musicians and their contributions to jazz, 19151945 is. White musicians and their contribution to jazz, 19151945, by richard m. Sudhalter, who won wide respect as a mellifluous trumpet player and perspicacious jazz historian and ignited controversy for a book. Sudhalter, 9780195148381, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Sudhalter s biggest, and most controversial book, published in 1999, was lost chords.

White musicians and their this first full biography of hoagy carmichael 18991981, a major jazz singersongwriter, is a dense labor of love. Far from a racial screed, lost chords was simply a book of musical history. Two years ago, on sep 19, 2008, richard sudhalter, musician, author, jazz historian, bix advocate died after a long illness. Too many jazz fans and criticsand even some jazz musiciansstill contend that white players have contributed little of substance to the music. Jazz trumpeter and music writer sudhalter lost chords, 1999 details with considerable musical analysis the rise of an especially american tunesmith. Richard sudhalter, it might be said, has white jazz on the brain. Its beyond depressing that richard sudhalter s lost chords is omitted yet again. Lambert on drums, they played some vaudeville houses with joe frisco, then accepted agent harry fitzgeralds offer to book. White musicians and their contribution to jazz is a curious book in that it seems in some ways to be willfully. Many jazz fans and criticsand even some jazz musicianscontend that white players have contributed little of substance to the music. His lost chords oup won an ascap deems taylor special citation for excellence, and was voted a new york times notable book of the year. The premier site for the history and analysis of the standards jazz musicians play the most. White musicians and their contributions to jazz, 19151945, a book by richard sudhalter, fills a longstanding void in our knowledge about jazz. White musicians and their contributions to jazz 19151945, the earlier bix.

White musicians and their contribution to jazz, 19151945 1999 and stardust melody 2002, the first fulllength biography of hoagy carmichael. Sudhalter s brilliant and comprehensive new book, lost chords. Sudhalter challenges this narrow view, with a book that pays definitive tribute to a generation of white jazz players, many unjustly forgotten. Now, with lost chords, musicianhistorian richard m. Sudhalter, who won wide respect as a mellifluous trumpet player and sharp jazz historian and ignited controversy for a book that asserted jazz was shaped by white as well as black musicians died friday in manhattan. Of course, since these figures are quite well known, few of the titular chords sudhalter covers have ever been lost in the first place. Over the years, hes amassed a fantastic amount of knowledge and understanding of the white jazzmen who performed prior to world war ii. Subtitled white musicians and their contribution to jazz, 19151945, richard sudhalter s book lost chords is based on the premise that white jazz musicians who worked in the musics formative. His books are some of the greatest treasures in the jazz canon and if you have not read them, i strongly. The music may not be so much a black american experience as an american experience, with various racial and ethnic groups playing indispensable and interlocking roles, richard m. Eagerly awaited by the jazz community, this monumental volume offers an exhaustively documented, vividly narrated history of white jazz.

Gene lees observed that dick was the only person he knew who always spoke in perfect sentences and paragraphs. White musicians and their contribution to jazz richard m. Man and legend, and numerous magazine and newspaper articles, richard m. White musicians and their contribution to jazz, 191545, by richard m. Sudhalter challenges this narrow view, with a book that pays definitive tribute to a generation of white jazz players, many unjustly. White musicians and their contribution to jazz, 19151945 by jim nelson, published on march 4, 2004 at all about jazz. Eagerly awaited by the jazz community, this monumental volume offers an exhaustively documented, vividly narrated history of white jazz contribution in the vital years 1915 to 1945. The author is a scholar and jazz musician who has written books and published numerous articles on the history of jazz, and he was recently featured on the ken burns series jazz on pbs. Sudhalter challenges this narrow view, with a book that pays now, with lost chords, musicianhistorian richard m.

Currents of coherence, logic, passion and humor are equally evident in his playing. Sudhalter is a widely respected jazz trumpet player and noted critic, broadcaster and grammywinning historian, who has performed and recorded hoagy carmichaels music all over the world. His lost chords oup won an ascap deems taylor special citation for excellence, and was voted a new york times notable book of. Hoagland howard carmichael 18991981 was born in the heartland of the nation, between the hot jazz capitals of chicago and new orleans. White musicians and their contribution to jazz, 19151945. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Richard merrill sudhalter december 28th, 1938 boston, massachusetts september 19th, 2008 new york, new york sudhalter grew up in newton, massachusetts with his father who played the saxophone and clearly defined the quality of music expected of him at a young age. This material is ed and was originally published in the mississippi rag. White musicians and their contributions to jazz, 19151945. White musicians and their contribution to jazz 19151945 by richard sudhalter, oxford university press, inc. A meticulously researched volume on an underexamined field of music history. Lost chords white musicians and their contribution to jazz, 19151945.