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The History of Jazz
by Ted Gioia

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Author: Ted Gioia
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1998-12-17
ISBN: 019512653X
Number of pages: 480
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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Book Review: 2nd edition suggestions ???
Summary: 5 Stars

This is a great book and deserves 5 stars.
Something I didn't see mentioned is how recording technology affected Jazz.
It seems to me that it affected Jazz a great deal. When electrical recordings becames available instead of acoustical recordings, the bass replaced the tuba among other changes as far as I know. Also, vinyl records went from 78 to 45 to 33 rpm. This had a great impact as well. Sure, Bean was overpowering with his 3 minute solos in the 30's but then Coltrane went on with much longer solos that wouldn't have fit on 1 side of a 45 rpm. Does anybody else but I think that maybe hard bop for example wouldn't have taken off if the longer solos couldn't have been recorded?

This is my only suggestion for the 2nd edition! Aside from that, this book is quite remarkable. I can't think of how the author stitched all the pieces together (unless he wrote it in 1 stride!). It seemed quite seamless.
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