LEGENDS OF JAZZ (LE)

Improvisation, swing, blue note, glissando, scat ... these and other ingredients have made jazz an unmistakable and loved style of music all over the planet. Born in the United States at the end of the 19th century, jazz has its roots in African-American music, but has been enriched by the contamination of different styles, fragmenting itself into countless currents and categories. From the first bands of New Orleans, through the absolute genius of Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong - who became a role model for all the jazz musicians that followed - to the big bands of Duke Ellington, Fletcher Henderson and Benny Goodman, or the unsurpassed performances of Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday, this book traces the history of jazz focusing on the extraordinary personalities and songs that have most marked this musical genre. In addition to the classics, ample space is also dedicated to post-World War II artists who renewed jazz, restoring it freshness and vitality for the new generations of artists who animate the music scene today.