{"product_id":"masters-of-bebop-a-listeners-guide-9780306810091","title":"Masters of Bebop: A Listener's Guide","description":"Back in the early 1940s, late at night in the clubs of Harlem, a handful of jazz musicians began to experiment with a style that no one had ever heard before. The music was fast, complicated, impossible to play for many of the older musicians -- but it soon became the lingua franca of jazz music. They called it bebop, and as the years went by, it became even more popular. Today it reigns as perhaps the best-loved style of jazz ever created. Ira Gitler conveys the excitement of this musical birth as only someone who was there can. In \u003ci\u003eThe Masters of Bebop, \u003c\/i\u003e Gitler traces the advent of what was a revolution in sound. He profiles the leading players -- Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillepie, Max Roach -- but also studies the style and music of the first disciples, such as Dexter Gordon and J. J. Johnson, to reveal bebop's pervasive influence throughout American culture. Revised with an updated discography -- and with a new chapter covering bebop right up through the end of the twentieth century -- \u003ci\u003eThe Masters of Bebop\u003c\/i\u003e is the essential listener's handbook\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ira Gitler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Da Capo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.49h x 5.43w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780306810091\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIra Gitler\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, critic, and educator; he is also the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Da Capo Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40565802991731,"sku":"9.78031E+12","price":21.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_4720bc28-87b9-419e-858e-0c4ec5bbaf6c.jpg?v=1668004389","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/masters-of-bebop-a-listeners-guide-9780306810091","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}