Madame Jazz by Leslie Gourse
One of the major trends since the early 1980s has been the emergence of women jazz instrumentalists. In this no-holds-barred history, Leslie Gourse analyses their influence and significance, interviewing the most prominent women, who vividly describe their own experiences and aspirations.
Another handsome hard-back volume from OUP who publish some exceptional jazz titles* Beat Scene, No. 23 *
This important work is "a report on the position of women in jazz from the late 1970s to the early 1990s, an exciting and crucial time of transition." Gourse is an American jazz author with an accessible journalistic style, an eye for detail and a good ear for an anecdote. * Mike Bradley, The Times *
This important work is "a report on the position of women in jazz from the late 1970s to the early 1990s, an exciting and crucial time of transition." Gourse is an American jazz author with an accessible journalistic style, an eye for detail and a good ear for an anecdote. * Mike Bradley, The Times *
Leslie Gourse has written numerous books on jazz. In 1991, she received an ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award for a series of articles on women instrumentalists.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780195106473 |
| ISBN 10 | 0195106474 |
| Title | Madame Jazz |
| Author | Leslie Gourse |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 1997-12-11 |
| Number of pages | 286 |
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