Jazz 101

by Szwed, John

• ISBN13: 9780786884964
• ISBN10: 0786884967
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-23
• Publisher: HACHETTE

Summary

Anyone interested in learning about a distinct musicjazzwill welcome this newest addition to the popular 101 reference series. Noted anthropologist, critic, and musical scholar John F. Szwed takes readers on a tour of the musics tangled history and explores how it developed from an ethnic music to become North Americas most popular music and then part of the avant garde in less than fifty years. Jazz 101 presents the key figures, history, theory, and controversies that shaped its development, along with a discussion of some of its most important recordings.

Author Biography

John F. Szwed is currently a professor of anthropology, African and African-American studies, music, and American studies at Yale University. He has written seven books on music and African-American culture and numerous articles and reviews on related subjects. His honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Rockefeller Foundation Humanities Fellowship. He lives in Connecticut.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 3
Recordings and Performance	p. 13
Defining Jazz	p. 18
Elements	p. 25
Forms	p. 35
Improvisation, Composition, and Arranging	p. 43
Sources	p. 53
Listening to Jazz	p. 61
The Clubs	p. 67
Jazz Styles	p. 79
The Beginnings of Jazz	p. 87
1900-1925: New Orleans	p. 96
Beyond New Orleans	p. 116
1925-1940: Swing	p. 126
The 1940s: Revivalism	p. 151
Five Who Helped Make a Revolution	p. 155
Bebop	p. 160
The 1950s: Cool Jazz	p. 175
West Coast Jazz	p. 184
Hard Bop, Soul Music, and Funk	p. 192
The Organ Trio	p. 198
Post-Bebop Improvisation, c. 1956	p. 200
1959: Multiple Revolutions	p. 209
Free Jazz	p. 223
Third Stream	p. 244
The 1970s	p. 251
Jazz-Rock	p. 260
The 1980s and 1990s	p. 269
Europe	p. 278
Acid Jazz, Drum 'n' Bass, Neo-Swing	p. 283
What's Next?	p. 289
Jazz Singing	p. 293
A Guide to the Record Guides	p. 300
Jazz on the Internet	p. 306
Jazz at the Movies	p. 314
Selected Bibliography	p. 318
Records by Mail	p. 338
Current Reading	p. 341
Index	p. 343
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