Jazz Styles : History and Analysis

by Gridley, Mark C.

• ISBN13: 9780136005896
• ISBN10: 0136005896
• Edition: 10th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

For undergraduate courses in Jazz History, Jazz Survey, Evolution of Jazz, Introduction to Jazz, and Jazz Appreciation. Americars"s most widely used introduction to jazz, it teaches the chronology of jazz by showing students how to listen and what to notice in each style. Though originally conceived for nonmusicians and written at a college freshmen reading level,Jazz Stylesalso has been widely adopted in courses for musicians because of its point-by-point specification of each stylers"s musical characteristics and its technical appendix.

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Basics of Jazz

What is Jazz?

Appreciating Jazz Improvisation

Premodern JAZZ

Origins of Jazz

Early Jazz: Combo Jazz Prior to the Middle

Swing: The Early 1930s to the Late 1940s

Duke Ellington

The Count BASIE BANDS

Modern Jazz: The Early 1940s to the Early 1960s

Bop: The Early 1940s to the Early 1950s

Cool Jazz

Hard Bop

Miles Davis, his Groups & Sidemen

John Coltrane

Modern Jazz: The Early 1960s to the Present

1960s and 1970s Avant-Garde and "Free" Jazz

Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, and Keith Jarrett

Jazz-Rock Fusion

1980 to the Present

Other Voices

Appendices

Brief Outline of Jazz Styles

Elements of Music

Strategies for Buying Recorded Music

A Small Basic Collection of Jazz Videos

Glossary

Supplementary Reading

Sources for Solo Transcriptions

For Musicians

Index

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