From 1955-65 the historian Eric Hobsbawm took the pseudonym 'Francis Newton' and wrote a monthly column for the New Statesman on jazz - music he had loved ever since discovering it as a boy in 1933 ('the year Adolf Hitler took power in Germany'). Hobsbawm's column led to his writing a critical history, The Jazz Scene (1959). This enhanced edition from 1993 adds later writings by Hobsbawm in which he meditates further 'on why jazz is not only a marvellous noise but a central concern for anyone concerned with twentieth ...
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From 1955-65 the historian Eric Hobsbawm took the pseudonym 'Francis Newton' and wrote a monthly column for the New Statesman on jazz - music he had loved ever since discovering it as a boy in 1933 ('the year Adolf Hitler took power in Germany'). Hobsbawm's column led to his writing a critical history, The Jazz Scene (1959). This enhanced edition from 1993 adds later writings by Hobsbawm in which he meditates further 'on why jazz is not only a marvellous noise but a central concern for anyone concerned with twentieth-century society and the twentieth-century arts.' 'All the greats are covered in passing (Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday), while further space is given to Duke Ellington, Ray Charles, Thelonious Monk, Mahalia Jackson, and Sidney Bechet ... Perhaps Hobsbawm's tastiest comments are about the business side and work ethics, where his historian's eye strips the jazz scene down to its commercial spine.' Kirkus Reviews
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Very Good jacket. New York. 1993. January 1993. Pantheon Books. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0679406336. 464 pages. hardcover. Jacket image: ‘Chicago, 1955 by Ben Shahn. Jacket design by Marjorie Anderson. keywords: Jazz History Music. DESCRIPTION-From one of England's leading historians, a classic work on jazz history. Eric Hobsbawm has turned his keen eye and sharp wit to this uniquely American form of music to give the reader a completely original point of view. This book sweeps the reader along from the steamy sidewalks of New Orleans to the smoke-filled clubs of New York, an odyssey that along the way discusses the prehistory of jazz, its expansion, its most celebrated musicians, and their instruments. This edition also includes twenty-three pieces that have never appeared in book form-concert reviews, record reviews, and essays from 'The New Statesman' and 'The New York Review of Books' on such legendary jazz figures as Ray Charles, Thelonius Monk, Mahalia Jackson, Duke Ellington, and Count Basie. As Hobsbawm has put it, 'The Jazz Scene' is 'one person's reaction to sixty years' experience of jazz. ' inventory #17765.
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Fair. Creases on cover, spine, or pages; book does not lay completely flat. The book has obvious wear, but its integrity is intact. A readable copy only. Used books should not be expected to come with working access codes or bundled media. Please ask to verify before purchase.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. First American Revised Edition. 392pp. A remainder mark on the top page edge else fine in a near fine dust jacket with edgewear.
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