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William Claxton: Jazzlife
Joachim E. Berendt
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Description for William Claxton: Jazzlife
Hardcover. BIC Classification: AGB; AGC; AJB; AJCR; AVGJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 357 x 59. Weight in Grams: 4060.
In 1960, photographer William Claxton and noted musicologist Joachim Berendt traveled the United States hot on the trail of jazz. Through music halls and marching bands, side streets and subways, they sought to document this living, breathing, beating musical phenomenon that enraptured America across social, economic, and racial lines. The result of Claxton and Berendt's collaboration was Jazzlife, much sought after by collectors and now revived in this fresh TASCHEN volume. From coast to coast, from unknown street performers to legends of the genre, this defining jazz journey explores just what made up this most original of ... Read more
In 1960, photographer William Claxton and noted musicologist Joachim Berendt traveled the United States hot on the trail of jazz. Through music halls and marching bands, side streets and subways, they sought to document this living, breathing, beating musical phenomenon that enraptured America across social, economic, and racial lines. The result of Claxton and Berendt's collaboration was Jazzlife, much sought after by collectors and now revived in this fresh TASCHEN volume. From coast to coast, from unknown street performers to legends of the genre, this defining jazz journey explores just what made up this most original of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taschen
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
600
Place of Publication
Cologne, Germany
ISBN
9783836542937
SKU
V9783836542937
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-12
About Joachim E. Berendt
Joachim E. Berendt (1922-2000) was a journalist, author, founding member of South West German Radio (S dwestfunk), and a producer of more than 250 music records. His 1953 book Das Jazzbuch became the most successful history book on jazz worldwide. His vast collection of records, books, and jazz documents form the basis of the Jazzinstitut Darmstadt.
Reviews for William Claxton: Jazzlife
Even in its new incarnation, Jazzlife remains a book unique in the jazz literature, and not only for its physical dimensions. Pore over its pages, and you're seeing jazz - and related music - practically everyone who mattered turns up in these pages. The best illustrated book on jazz there is.