NEWS RELEASE “EXPLORING EARLY JAZZ: THE ORIGINS AND
EVOLUTION OF THE NEW ORLEANS STYLE”
Dear Jazz Supporter,
Members of Jazz Clubs and Societies are advised that
“Exploring Early Jazz: The Origins and Evolution of the New Orleans Style”
by Daniel Hardie is now available at major website booksellers.
It deals with the lost years of New Orleans Jazz History
from 1897 to 1927, including the silent years before sound recording.
Starting with the small dance bands active in New Orleans
before Buddy Bolden popularised improvised jazz, a sequential history is
presented including the New Orleans bands active during thirty years which
led to the perfecting of Classic New Orleans Jazz and its ultimate demise.
The new book is a companion work to the earlier work by the
author; “The Loudest Trumpet: Buddy Bolden and the Early History of Jazz”
published in 2000. Augmenting the brief account of early jazz performers
in the later chapters of the earlier work it presents a detailed account of the
work of three decades of early New Orleans bands, reviews their
performance practices, describes the social environment during the early
stages of jazz history, and develops a sequential life history of the New
Orleans Style together with a brief account of the probable roots of jazz. It
also deals in some depth with the requirements for historically informed
performance of early jazz styles.
Additional details; a list of contents and links to major
booksellers are available at the Early Jazz web page:
The book is already available online from Barnes and Noble,
Amazon and Booksamillion. Some of these sites offer discounts and
delivery in 3 days (or less in New York). You should also be able to order from
any bookseller with access to the Ingram (iPage) data base. Booksellers can also
order direct at the iuniverse.com website. European enquiries could be made to
the Norbert Ruecker organisation.
It would be appreciated if you could pass this information
to club members, jazz colleagues and any other groups interested in jazz. I hope
your members will find it of interest.
Best wishes
Dan Hardie
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