false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174577748m/418496.jpg 418496 2 Gary Giddins's Weather Bird is a brilliant companion volume to his landmark in music criticism, Visions of Jazz, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism. More then 140 pieces, written over a 14-year period, are brought together for the first time in this superb collection of essays, reviews, and articles. Weather Bird is a celebration of jazz, with illuminating commentaryon contemporary jazz events, today's top muscicians, the best records of the year, and on leading figures from jazz's past. Readers will find extended pieces on Louis Armstrong, Erroll Garner, Benny Carter, Sonny Rollins, Dave Brubeck, Ornette Coleman, Billie Holiday, Cassandra Wilson, Tony Bennett, and many others. Giddins includes a series of articles on the annual JVC Jazz Festival, which offers a splendid overview of jazz in the 1990s. Other highlights include an astute look at avant-garde music ("Parajazz") and his challenging essay, "How Come Jazz Isn't Dead?" which advances a theory about the way art is born, exploited, celebrated, and sidelined to the museum. A radiant compendium by America's leading music critic, Weather Bird offers an unforgettable look at the modern jazz scene. 1071357 2004 Weather Bird: Jazz at the Dawn of Its Second Century total:6|5:1|4:5|3:0|2:0|1:0| 6 25 12 1 5 0 false false Tue Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jan 14 21:06:38 -0800 2008 Sat Jun 06 02:17:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 08:42:25 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 04 20:00:22 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Aug 16 12:17:10 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 12:17:10 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 31 08:32:57 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 08:32:57 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jun 20 17:49:57 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 17:49:57 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Apr 26 21:44:39 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 21:44:39 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Aug 10 21:27:31 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 10 21:27:31 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Mon Jun 02 12:42:06 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 16 11:11:07 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu May 29 12:28:57 -0700 2008 Thu May 29 12:28:57 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sat Feb 23 16:41:37 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 23 16:41:37 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Thu Feb 14 17:15:27 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 14 17:15:27 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Sat Jun 02 23:49:34 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 02 23:49:34 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=418496