Jazz Pa (Deveaux)

by Deveaux,Scott

• ISBN13: 9780393978803
• ISBN10: 039397880X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Textbook Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-17
• Publisher: W W NORTON

Summary

In this vivid history of jazz, from its roots in the late 19th century to the present, two exceptional authors, a leading scholar and a respected critic, write with intellectual bite, eloquence, and the passion of unabashed fans. They explain what jazz is, where it came from, how it works, and who created it, all within the broader context of American life and culture.

Table of Contents

Musical Orientation

Musical Elements and Instruments

Jazz Form and Improvisation

Early Jazz (1900-1930)

The Roots of Jazz

New Orleans

New York in the 1920s

Louis Armstrong and the First Great Soloists

THE SWING ERA

Swing Bands

Count Basie and Duke Ellington

Swing Era Soloists

Rhythm in Transition

Modern Jazz

Bebop

The 1950s: Cool Jazz and Hard Bop

Jazz Composition in the 1950s

The Modality of Miles Davis and John Coltrane

The Avant-Garde, Fusion, Historicism, and Now

The Avant-Garde

Fusion I (to 1960): R & B, Singers, and Latin Jazz

Fusion II: Jazz, Rock, and Beyond

Historicist Jazz

The Modern Scene

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