Book contents
- On Jazz
- Reviews
- On Jazz
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Getting Started
- Chapter 2 New Orleans 1976
- Chapter 3 Before Katrina
- Chapter 4 Two Women of New Orleans
- Chapter 5 Finding Fats
- Chapter 6 Swing Era Legends
- Chapter 7 Louis Armstrong
- Chapter 8 Count Basie
- Chapter 9 Duke Ellington
- Chapter 10 Dizzy and Bird
- Chapter 11 The Modern Jazz Quartet
- Chapter 12 The ‘Swing Drummer’
- Chapter 13 Jackie McLean and Sonny Rollins
- Chapter 14 Oscar Peterson and His Trios
- Chapter 15 The Dawn of Fusion
- Chapter 16 A Taste of Freedom
- Chapter 17 Looking Back and Looking Forward
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
Chapter 10 - Dizzy and Bird
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 March 2022
- On Jazz
- Reviews
- On Jazz
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Getting Started
- Chapter 2 New Orleans 1976
- Chapter 3 Before Katrina
- Chapter 4 Two Women of New Orleans
- Chapter 5 Finding Fats
- Chapter 6 Swing Era Legends
- Chapter 7 Louis Armstrong
- Chapter 8 Count Basie
- Chapter 9 Duke Ellington
- Chapter 10 Dizzy and Bird
- Chapter 11 The Modern Jazz Quartet
- Chapter 12 The ‘Swing Drummer’
- Chapter 13 Jackie McLean and Sonny Rollins
- Chapter 14 Oscar Peterson and His Trios
- Chapter 15 The Dawn of Fusion
- Chapter 16 A Taste of Freedom
- Chapter 17 Looking Back and Looking Forward
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
Summary
The core of this chapter is the general acceptance that Ellington's appearance at Newport in 1956 somehow 'relaunched' the Ellington band. With contributions from those who were there, Shipton re-explores both the Newport myth and re-examines the early 1950s output of the band. He looks at its Carnegie Hall concerts, discusses the line up when Willie Smith, Juan Tizol and Louis Bellson joined from Harry James, and gives detailed examples of the music the band produced in its alleged 'shallow' period, prompting a re-examination of the clains made for the Newport appearance by producer George Avakian.
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- On JazzA Personal Journey, pp. 144 - 156Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022