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Jazz critic for "The New Yorker since 1957 and the author of some fifteen books, Whitney Balliett has spent a lifetime listening to and writing about jazz. "All first-rate criticism," he once wrote in a review, "first defines what we are confronting." He could as easily have been describing his own work. For nearly half a century, Balliett has been telling us, in his widely acclaimed pitch-perfect prose, what we are confronting when we listen to America's greatest--and perhaps only original--musical form. "Collected Works: A Journal of Jazz 1954-2001 is a monumental achievement, capturing the full range and register of the jazz scene, from the very first Newport Jazz Festival to recent performances (in clubs and on CDs) by a rising generation of musicians. Here are definitive portraits of such major figures as Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Django Reinhardt, Martha Raye, Buddy Rich, Charles Mingus, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holliday, Art Tatum, Bessie Smith, and Earl Hines--a list that barely scratches the surface. Generations of readers have learned to listen to the music with Balliett's graceful guidance. For five decades he has captured those moments during which jazz history is made. Though Balliett's knowledge is an encyclopedic treasure, he has always written as if he were listening for the first time. Since its beginnings in New Orleans at the turn of the century, jazz has been restlessly and relentlessly evolving. This is an art form based on improvising, experimenting, shapeshifting--a constant work in progress of sounds and tonal shades, from swing and Dixieland, through boogie-woogie, bebop, and hard bop, to the "new thing," free jazz, abstract jazz, and atonal jazz.Yet, in all its forms, the music is forever sustained by what Balliett calls a "secret emotional center," an "aural elixir" that "reveals itself when an improvised phrase or an entire solo or even a complete number catches you by surprise.

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Jakarta International Jazz Festival - Jak.Jazz - The three day Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival (JJF) is now one of the major 'happenings' on Indonesia's calendar of events.

Ford Detroit International Jazz Festival - The Ford Detroit International Jazz Festival is a jazz music festival held each year in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Until 2000, it was known as the Detroit-Montreaux Jazz Festival.

Sitka Jazz Festival - Sitka Jazz Festival is a jazz festival in the remote community of Sitka, Alaska for four days during the month of February. It features educational clinics for participating students, evening concerts featuring professional jazz artists, and the All-Alaska Jazz Band -- an audition-entrance honor ensemble.

Prague International Jazz Festival - Prague International Jazz Festival - a traditional jazz festival held anualy in Prague (Czech Republic). In 2005 the festival celebrated estimable anniversary - 40 years from its establishment in 1964.

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