{"product_id":"we-called-it-music-a-generation-of-jazz-paperback","title":"We Called It Music: A Generation of Jazz - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEddie Condon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEddie Condon (1905-1973) pioneered a kind of jazz popularly known as Chicago-Dixieland, though musicians refer to it simply as Condon style. Played by small ensembles with driving beat, it was and is an informal, exciting music, slightly disjointed and often mischievous. The same could be said of Condon's autobiography, \u003ci\u003eWe Called It Music, \u003c\/i\u003e a book widely celebrated for capturing the camaraderie of early jazz. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCondon's wit was as legendary as the music he boosted. Here is Condon on modern jazz: \"The boopers flat their fifths. We consume ours.\" On Bix Beiderbecke: \"The sound came out like a girl saying yes.\" On the New York subway: \"It was my first ride in a sewer.\" When his memoir was first published-to great acclaim-in 1947, he was well known as a newspaper columnist, radio personality, saloon keeper, guitarist, and bandleader. He was the ideal man to come up with an insightful portrait of the early days of white jazz, and his book offers nonpareil accounts of many of the jazz greats of that era, including Beiderbacke, Fats Waller, Jack Teagarden, Jimmy McPartland, Gene Krupa, Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong, and Bing Crosby.\u003cbr\u003eThese were the days when jazz was popularly associated with Paul Whiteman and Irving Berlin. Condon considered true jazz an outlaw music and himself an outlaw. He and his cohorts tried to get as close as possible to the black roots of jazz, a scandalous thing in the '20s. Along the way he facilitated one of the first integrated recording sessions.\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe Called It Music, \u003c\/i\u003e now published with an introduction by Gary Giddins that places the book in historical context, remains essential reading for anyone interested in the wild and restless beginnings of America's great musical art, or in the wit and vinegar of Eddie Condon.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe Called it Music is an autobiography of Eddie Condon the jazz musician. Eddie Condon pioneered a kind of jazz popularly known as Chicago-Dixieland, as other musicians would call it Condon style jazz.This book offers nonparallel accounts of many of the jazz greats of that era such as Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Jimmy McPartland and many more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlbert Edwin Condon\u003c\/b\u003e (1905-1973) was an American jazz banjoist, guitarist, and bandleader. A leading figure in Chicago jazz, he also played piano and sang.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.99 x 8.34 x 5.82 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59259834761297,"sku":"9780306804663","price":23.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/5023\/8545\/files\/OVhLN1BvaVhNVlRubDB6MDgzWms5dz09.webp?v=1775008166","url":"https:\/\/apocalypsevinyl.com\/es\/products\/we-called-it-music-a-generation-of-jazz-paperback","provider":"Apocalypse Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}