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开 本: 32开纸 张: 胶版纸包 装: 精装是否套装: 否国际标准书号ISBN: 9780375421495
Will Friedwald’s illuminating, opinionated essays—provocative,
funny, and personal—on the lives and careers of more than three
hundred singers anatomize the work of the most important jazz and
popular performers of the twentieth century. From giants like Ella
Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, and Judy Garland to
lesser-known artists like Jeri Southern and Joe Mooney, they have
created a body of work that continues to please and inspire. Here
is the most extensive biographical and critical survey of these
singers ever written, as well as an essential guide to the Great
American Songbook and those who shaped the way it has been
sung.
The music crosses from jazz to pop and
back again, from the songs of Irving Berlin and W. C. Handy through
Stephen Sondheim and beyond, bringing together straightforward jazz
and pop singers (Billie Holiday, Perry Como); hybrid artists who
moved among genres and combined them (Peggy Lee, Mel Tormé); the
leading men and women of Broadway and Hollywood (Ethel Merman, Al
Jolson); yesterday’s vaudeville and radio stars (Sophie Tucker,
Eddie Cantor); and today’s cabaret artists and hit-makers (Diana
Krall, Michael Bublé). Friedwald has also written extended pieces
on the most representative artists of five significant genres that
lie outside the songbook: Bessie Smith (blues), Mahalia Jackson
(gospel), Hank Williams (country and western), Elvis Presley (rock
’n’ roll), and Bob Dylan (folk-rock).
Friedwald reconsiders the personal stories and
professional successes and failures of all these artists, their
songs, and their performances, appraising both the singers and
their music by balancing his opinions with those of fellow
musicians, listeners, and critics.
This magisterial reference book—ten years
in the making—will delight and inform anyone with a passion for the
iconic music of America, which continues to resonate throughout our
popular culture.
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