"Jazz Chronicle" 115 years of jazz global development history, nearly 350 rare pictures, 317 important people, a classic that stands on the shoulders of many jazz giants, jazz encyclopedia, art crossover stories, music lovers a complete treasure trove of resources.
Jazz Chronicles
Book Title: Jazz Chronicles
Author: [English] Mervyn Cook, translated by Lü Zhongyi
Publisher: China Pictorial Publishing House
Publication date: October 2021
About the Author:
Mervyn Cooke is a pianist and composer and professor of music at the University of Nottingham. He was educated at the Royal College of Music, Dover Boys' Grammar School and King's College, Cambridge, where he received an open scholarship and completed his doctoral dissertation. He is a Music Fellow and Director of Research at Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge. In 1993 he went to Nottingham as a music lecturer. During his time at the University of Nottingham, he was also Head of The Department of Music and Associate Dean of the Faculty of Letters. He has written and edited numerous books on jazz history, film music, and Benjamin Britten, such as Jazz and A History of Film Music.
Introduction:
Starting from the origin of jazz in the 19th century, this book introduces the rise, development, spread, rise and fall of jazz in chronological order, staged and thematic, and closely observes the interaction between jazz and other art forms such as classical and popular music, as well as the style, genre, important figures and bands of jazz, the works that have influenced later generations and the stories of music labels.
According to the timeline, the book lists in detail the important time nodes of jazz from the 19th century to the present, including the creation of works, public concerts, album releases, key character events, etc., and lists the world chronicles of the same period and records the development of jazz in the global context.
The book contains nearly 350 pictures, from album covers, label logos, promotional posters, sheet music manuscripts to photos of musicians, musicians, and performance scenes, with informative text commentary, bringing the history of jazz to life. At the end of the book, there are knowledge expansion contents such as "musicians", "musical terms", "international jazz festival recommendations", "recommended listening", "recommended reading", etc., which can be described as a complete treasure trove of resources for all music lovers.