Jazz musicians, 1945 to the present / David Dicaire.

Author/creator Dicaire, David, 1963-
Format Book
Publication InfoJefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., ©2006.
Descriptionix, 282 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
Jazz musicians--United States. --Biography.
Jazz singers--United States. --Biography.
Jazz--History and criticism.

Contents Part one. The bop revolution. Kenny Clarke (1914-1985) Klook's blues ; Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993) the bop catalyst ; Thelonious Monk (1917-1982) epistrophy blues ; Charlie Parker (1920-1955) bird's blues ; Oscar Pettiford (1922-1960) deep passion ; Barney Kessel (1923-2004) guitar goes bop ; J. J. Johnson (1924-2001) trombone goes bop ; Bud Powell (1924-1966) hot house blues ; Sarah Vaughan (1924-1990) the divine Miss V ; Oscar Peterson (1925-) Canadian suite ; Sonny Rollins (1930-) the cutting edge -- Part two. Hard bop and cool jazz. Art Blakey (1919-1990) freedom rider ; Dave Brubeck (1920-) take five ; Charles Mingus (1922-1979) the boss of the bass ; Dexter Gordon (1923-1990) West Coast tenorman ; Wes Montgomery (1923-1968) little brother ; Max Roach (1925-) driva man ; Jimmy Smith (1925-2005) funky cool blues ; Miles Davis (1926-1991) the cool one ; Horace Silver (1928-) finger poppin' jazz ; Herbie Mann (1930-2003) flute souffle ; Jackie McLean (1932-) Jackie's bag -- Part three. Free jazz and the avant-garde. Sun Ra (1914-1993) cosmic tones ; Yusef Lateef (1926-) an Eastern taste ; John Coltrane (1926-1967) giant steps ; Elvin Jones (1927-2004) heavy sounds ; Eric Dolphy (1928-1964) outward bound ; Cecil Taylor (1929-) the note painter ; Ornette Coleman (1930-) tone dialing ; Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1936-1977) saxophone concerto ; Archie Shepp (1937-) the articulate spokesman ; Charlie Haden (1937-) haunted hearts ; Anthony Braxton (1945-) the professor's approach -- Part four. Jazz fusion. Wayne Shorter (1933-) Ju Ju's blues ; Herbie Hancock (1940-) the chameleon ; Chick Corea (1941-) man on a mission ; John McLaughlin (1942-) Mahavishnu blues ; Larry Coryell (1943-) the electric jazz warrior ; Tony Williams (1945-1997) the powerhouse ; Billy Cobham (1946-) the Panamanian percussionist ; Stanley Clarke (1951-) individual strings ; Jaco Pastorius (1951-1987) the Brazilian bass man -- Part five. Contemporary jazz. Kenny Kirkland (1955-1998) the new piano thing ; Jeff "Train" Watts (1960-) citizen train ; Branford Marsalis (1960-) the first family of jazz ; Wynton Marsalis (1961-) the young lion ; John Medeski (1965-) acid jazz grooves ; Diana Krall (1965-) frim fram sauce blues ; Mark Whitfield (1967-) the marksman ; Christian McBride (1972-) freewheeling bass.
Abstract The five major periods of jazz--the bop revolution, hard bop and cool jazz, the avant-garde, fusion, and contemporary--form the basis for the sections in this reference work, with a brief history of each period provided. The artists who were integral to the evolution of each period are then profiled.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 265-268) and index.
LCCN 2006003226
ISBN0786420979 (softcover : alk. paper)