{"product_id":"9783836542937","title":"William Claxton: Jazzlife","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eBands and blues: The ultimate, evocative jazz-trip through time\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1960, photographer \u003cb\u003eWilliam Claxton\u003c\/b\u003e and noted musicologist \u003cb\u003eJoachim Berendt\u003c\/b\u003e traveled the United States hot on the trail of jazz. Through music halls and marching bands, side streets and subways, they sought to document this \u003cb\u003eliving, breathing, beating musical phenomenon\u003c\/b\u003e that enraptured America across social, economic, and racial lines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result of Claxton and Berendt’s collaboration was \u003ci\u003eJazzlife\u003c\/i\u003e , much sought after by collectors and now revived in this fresh TASCHEN volume. From coast to coast, from unknown street performers to legends of the genre, this defining jazz journey explores just what made up this most original of American art forms. In \u003cb\u003eNew Orleans and New York, in St. Louis, Biloxi, Jackson, and beyond\u003c\/b\u003e, Claxton’s rapturous yet tender images and accompanying texts examine jazz’s regional diversity as much as its pervasive vitality and soul. They show the \u003cb\u003emusic makers and the many spaces and people this music touched\u003c\/b\u003e, from funeral parades to concert stages, from an elderly trumpet player to kids who hung from windows to catch a glimpse of a passing band.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith images of \u003cb\u003eCharlie Parker, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Muddy Waters, Gabor Szabo, Dave Brubeck, Stan Getz, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane\u003c\/b\u003e, and many more, this is as much a compelling slice of history as it is a loving personal tribute.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eText in English, French, and German\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taschen America, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47060959625456,"sku":"9783836542937","price":69.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783836542937_p0.jpg?v=1763759734","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783836542937","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}