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Any serious study of jazz singing must first define its territory, and the introduction to SINGING JAZZ, Bruce Crowther and Mike Pinfold's entertaining and comprehensive survey of jazz vocalizing and the musicians who aspire thereto, highlights the difficulty of this task. Encompassing Ella Fitzgerald, whose series of straight-ahead American Songbook recordings confused critics previously enamored of her fiery scat singing skills, Billie Holiday, long considered the doyenne of female jazz singing, and modern interpreters like Harry Connick, Jr., and Mark Murphy, Crowther and Pinfold's book covers a wide musical area. Along the way they chronicle their subjects' differing techniques and influences, as well as their attitudes to their art; the musicians are liberal in their listening habits, taking in opera and pop, in addition to the work of their peers. Many singers make the point that jazz singing can be a brutally hard profession, both mentally and financially; even the survival skills that were once handed down by older generations of performers have become less relevant with the decreasing commercial popularity of jazz. A valuable resource for jazz buffs, SINGING JAZZ is also an intriguing document of a specialized genre.
| Size | | Length: | 256 pages | | Height: | 9.5 in | | Width: | 6.3 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 16.8 oz |
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