The Sound of Jazz

Arts & Photography

Fordham, John

Music

Hamlyn

James Hanley (1901-85) was brought up in Liverpool and worked as a merchant seaman before becoming a professional writer. The first of his twenty-four novels, Drift, was published in 1930. In this wide-ranging study of Hanley's life and writings, John Fordham argues that, although Hanley's work is most commonly identified with 'proletarian' realism, it should instead be thought of as a sustained engagement with modernism. Fordham discusses Hanley's relationship to London and the institutional culture of high modernism, as well as his association with his adopted country. Wales, where he lived for more than thirty years and which figures so importantly in his imagination. Through a close analysis of Hanley's writing and the social and cultural contexts of his work. Fordham demonstrates the importance of the category of class for understanding the literary history of modernism and shows how Hanley's work reveals the conflicting and contradictory aspects of modernist culture.

James Hanley: Modernism and the Working Class

Literature & Fiction

British & Irish

University of Wales Press

Reluctant Motor Mechanic

SPHERE

Traces the roots of jazz from a mingling of African and European music, and explores its development over the past century, through swing, bebob, and cool jazz to modern jazz fusion

Sound of Jazz

GALLERY BOOKS

Briefly traces the history of jazz, profiles important musicians and movements, looks at how jazz instruments are played, and describes influential albums

Jazz

DK Pub.

Jazz encompasses a bewildering range of musical styles and players. Some players, however, have become legendary—not only did their work shape the course of modern jazz, but their influence on contemporary musicians is as strong as ever. In Jazz Heroes, John Fordham examines the lives and work of six such artists—pianist Thelonious Monk, guitarist Wes Montgomery, singer Ella Fitzgerald, trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, and saxophonists John Coltrane and Gerry Mulligan. Packed with stunning archive photos and interviews with musicians and writers who knew them personally, and with a discography plus special features on contemporary culture and musical trends, Jazz Heroes is both a lasting testimony to these musicians and a fascinating survey of jazz in the postwar era. John Fordham is a noted jazz writer and critic. He is the author of Jazz, Jazz Man, and Jazz on CD.

Jazz Heroes

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Anova Books

Jazz Man: The Amazing Story of Ronnie Scott & His Club

TRAFALGAR SQUARE +

An updated edition which assesses jazz recordings available on CD. It covers artists as diverse as Hugh Masekela, Art Blakey and George Shearing, and provides a detailed profile of each one, with information on their CD releases and how to obtain them.

Jazz on Cd: The Essential Guide

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