{"product_id":"rhythm-a-ning-jazz-tradition-and-innovation-paperback","title":"Rhythm-A-Ning: Jazz Tradition and Innovation - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGary Giddins\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a companion to his collections \u003ci\u003eRiding on a Blue Note\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFaces in the Crowd\u003c\/i\u003e, Gary Giddins has assembled a mosaic of pieces that provide an essential guide to the jazz world. Moving with ease from sweeping surveys of jazz history to precise, vivid assessments of individual performers including Thelonius Monk, the Marsalis brothers, Ornette Coleman, and David Murray, Giddins demonstrates once again why he is lauded as \"the best jazz critic now at work\" (\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGary Giddins\u003c\/b\u003e wrote the Weather Bird jazz column in the \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e for over 30 years and later directed the Leon Levy Center for Biography at the CUNY Graduate Center. He received the National Nook Critics Circle Award, the Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award, and the Bell Atlantic Award for \u003ci\u003eVisions of Jazz: The First Century in 1998\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e His other books include \u003ci\u003eBing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams-The Early Years, 1930-1940\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award and the ARSC Award for Excellence in Historical Sound Research; \u003ci\u003eWeatherbird: Jazz at the Dawn of Its Second Century; Faces in the Crowd; Natural Selection; Warning Shadow\u003c\/i\u003e; and biographies of Louis Armstrong and Charlie Parker. He has won six ASCAP-Deems Taylor Awards, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a Peabody Award in Broadcasting. He lives in New York, NY.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762664669472,"sku":"9780306809873","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f9505c34346535b761b2d846c1d3da13.webp?v=1780223246","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/rhythm-a-ning-jazz-tradition-and-innovation-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}