Jazz Styles : History and Analysis

by Gridley, Mark C.

• ISBN13: 9780131896642
• ISBN10: 0131896644
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780130212276, 9780130992826, 9780131931152
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div
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Summary

Key Benefit: This broad and encompassing survey provides a rich, informative, and chronological study of jazz, with insightful commentaries on its origins, and full descriptions of the various styles of jazz and the personalities that have contributed to this innovative form of music. Key Topics: Discussions of benchmark styles with point-by-point differentiation cover early jazz, swing, bop, hard bop, cool jazz, "free" jazz, and jazz-rock fusion--highlighting the musical characteristics of each style and contrasting each successive era. Market: For musicians and non-musicians alike--to increase their appreciation and enjoyment of jazz.

Author Biography

Mark C. Gridley is an active jazz musician and educator. He has done field research in Africa, the Caribbean, and all the jazz centers of America. His books have been translated into five foreign languages. His articles appear in the Grove Dictionaries of Music, Encyclopaedia Britannica, The Musical Quarterly, The Black Perspective in Music, The Instrumentalist, and Jazz Educators Journal.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. v
Acknowledgements	p. xii
A Small Basic CD Collection	p. 1
Introduction	p. 2
Basics of Jazz
What is Jazz?	p. 4
Appreciating Jazz Improvisation	p. 10
Premodern Jazz
Origins of Jazz	p. 28
Early Jazz: Combo Jazz Prior to the Middle 1930s	p. 48
Swing: The Early 1930s to the Late 1940s	p. 80
Duke Ellington	p. 104
The Count Basie Bands	p. 122
Modern Jazz: The Early 1940s to the Early 1960s
Bop: The Early 1940s to the Middle 1950s	p. 133
Cool Jazz	p. 166
Hard Bop	p. 187
Miles Davis, His Groups & Sidemen	p. 214
John Coltrane	p. 240
Modern Jazz: The Early 1960s to the Early 1990s
1960s and 1970s Avant-Garde & "Free" Jazz	p. 256
Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, & Keith Jarret	p. 282
Jazz-Rock Fusion	p. 303
1980-2005	p. 328
Appendices
Brief Outline of Jazz Styles	p. 355
Elements of Music	p. 356
Strategies for Album Buying	p. 380
A Small Basic Collection of Jazz Videos	p. 387
Glossary	p. 388
Supplementary Reading	p. 392
Sources for Solo Transcriptions	p. 397
For Musicians	p. 399
Index	p. 410
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