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- catalog abstract ""A remarkable line-up of jazz saxophone players and music is at the heart of this study. Color photos and essays show how jazz sax music has been sculpted in the hands of Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Branford Marsalis, Michael Brecker, and other legendary innovators." "Written by world-class jazz authorities, the book illustrates the saxophone's role in varying jazz styles from the 1920s through today. It profiles the influential saxophonists who have helped redefine jazz over the years, including Sonny Rollins, Ornette Coleman, Roland Kirk, Joshua Redman, and many more. This well-rounded portrait describes the sax in the avant-garde and fusion movements as well, and provides a guide to history's finest recordings featuring jazz saxophone."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12340133.
- catalog contributor b12340134.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""A remarkable line-up of jazz saxophone players and music is at the heart of this study. Color photos and essays show how jazz sax music has been sculpted in the hands of Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Branford Marsalis, Michael Brecker, and other legendary innovators." "Written by world-class jazz authorities, the book illustrates the saxophone's role in varying jazz styles from the 1920s through today. It profiles the influential saxophonists who have helped redefine jazz over the years, including Sonny Rollins, Ornette Coleman, Roland Kirk, Joshua Redman, and many more. This well-rounded portrait describes the sax in the avant-garde and fusion movements as well, and provides a guide to history's finest recordings featuring jazz saxophone."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes discography: p. 216-219.".
- catalog description "The saxophone breaks through / Dave Gelly -- Coleman Hawkins / Loren Schoenberg -- Swinging out / Richard Cook -- Still swinging / Peter Vacher -- Lester Young / Dave Gelly -- Charlie Parker / Brian Priestley -- Bebop saxophones / Richard Palmer -- The cool sound / Alun Morgan -- Stan Getz & the brothers / Jim Tomlinson -- Honkers & screamers / Tony Russell -- Sonny Rollins / Richard Palmer -- The hard boppers / Ronald Atkins -- Soul saxophones / Keith Shadwick -- John Coltrane / Brian Priestley -- The modalists / Keith Shadwick -- Post-bop individualists / Ronald Atkins -- Ornette Coleman / Alyn Shipton -- Free jazz / Steve Day -- Michael Brecker / Mark Gilbert -- Fusion: switched-on saxophone / Mark Gilbert -- Crossover and smooth jazz / Kevin Alexander -- European voices / Michael Tucker -- The new swing / Dave Gelly -- Contemporary traditionalists / Frank Griffith -- The future of jazz saxophone / Mark Gilbert.".
- catalog extent "224 p. :".
- catalog identifier "087930622X".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London : Balaphon,".
- catalog subject "788.7165 21".
- catalog subject "Jazz musicians.".
- catalog subject "Jazz.".
- catalog subject "ML3561.J3 M37 2000".
- catalog subject "Saxophonists.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The saxophone breaks through / Dave Gelly -- Coleman Hawkins / Loren Schoenberg -- Swinging out / Richard Cook -- Still swinging / Peter Vacher -- Lester Young / Dave Gelly -- Charlie Parker / Brian Priestley -- Bebop saxophones / Richard Palmer -- The cool sound / Alun Morgan -- Stan Getz & the brothers / Jim Tomlinson -- Honkers & screamers / Tony Russell -- Sonny Rollins / Richard Palmer -- The hard boppers / Ronald Atkins -- Soul saxophones / Keith Shadwick -- John Coltrane / Brian Priestley -- The modalists / Keith Shadwick -- Post-bop individualists / Ronald Atkins -- Ornette Coleman / Alyn Shipton -- Free jazz / Steve Day -- Michael Brecker / Mark Gilbert -- Fusion: switched-on saxophone / Mark Gilbert -- Crossover and smooth jazz / Kevin Alexander -- European voices / Michael Tucker -- The new swing / Dave Gelly -- Contemporary traditionalists / Frank Griffith -- The future of jazz saxophone / Mark Gilbert.".
- catalog title "Masters of jazz saxophone : / [commissioning editor, Dave Gelly ; editor, Tony Bacon].".
- catalog type "text".