Item Number: 127712 Title: Playing for the Benefit of the Band : New Orleans Music Culture Author: FRIEDLANDER, LEE Price: Not Available ISBN: 9780300204407 Description: New Haven: Yale University Press, for the Yale University Art Gallery, 2014. 28 x 24cm., pbk., 207pp., 202 illus. Exhibition catalogue. Summary : Lee Friedlander (b. 1934) first visited the birthplace of jazz in 1957, and immediately set about photographing the aging pioneers of the art form. His love of the music and the people of New Orleans drew him back to the city, and the relationships he formed over time gave him intimate access to a scene that forged one of America’s most original artistic traditions. A revised and expanded edition of his 1992 monograph The Jazz People of New Orleans, Playing for the Benefit of the Band features over 200 photographs taken by Friedlander between 1957 and 1982, many of which are published here for the first time. Storied figures such as Duke Ellington and Mahalia Jackson have been captured by Friedlander’s disarming lens, and Sweet Emma Barrett, Sister Gertrude Morgan, Johnny St. Cyr, and other luminaries are seen in their homes and the back rooms in which they gathered to play. Also included are photographs of the city’s second-line parades, whose jubilant dancing has long been a defining aspect of New Orleans jazz culture. We regret to inform you that this title is no longer available. P.O. Box 3904, Kingston, New York 12402 US Phone: 845-331-8519 Fax: 845-331-0852 Email: michael@artbooks.com |
© Copyright 1996-2015
Michael Shamansky, Bookseller Inc.
Design & Hosting by
Ives & Shaughnessy Web Information Services