Jazz The First 100 Years (with Audio CD)

by Martin, Henry; Waters, Keith

• ISBN13: 9781439083338
• ISBN10: 1439083339
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback w/CD
• Copyright: 2011-01-01
• Publisher: Cengage - eCampus.com Miami

Summary

Explore the development of jazz music from its nineteenth-century roots in blues and ragtime, through swing and bebop, to fusion and contemporary jazz styles. JAZZ: THE FIRST 100 YEARS gives you a true feel for the vibrant, ever-changing sound of jazz. Learning is made easy with the Audio Primer CD that allows you to hear the key terms, basic music concepts, and jazz instruments discussed in the book. Key terms, topics for discussion, and the jazz basics introduction help you master difficult concepts.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Jazz Basics

Roots

Early Jazz

Morton, Bechet, Armstrong, and Beiderbecke

1920s Jazz in New York and Europe

The Swing Era

Swing-Era Bands and Stylists

The Bebop Era

The 1950s and New Jazz Substyles

The 1960s Avant-Garde

Mainstream Jazz: Into the 1960s

Jazz-Rock, Jazz-Funk Fusion

Jazz Since the 1980s

Notes

Glossary

Selected Readings

Selected Discography

Selected Jazz DVDs and Videos

Index

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