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9780697288073

Jazz

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  • ISBN13:

    9780697288073

  • ISBN10:

    0697288072

  • Edition: 8th
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1998-04-01
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill College
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Summary

This outstanding introduction to the art of jazz -- and the art of listening to jazz -- offers eye-catching design, a conversational style, and broad scope to appeal to the widest audience. Helping readers make sense of changes in style and offering detailed listening guides that increase their musical pleasure, this book offers the total jazz experience from the African heritage to Ragtime and Dixieland through Swing, Bop, and Cool to Avant Garde, Latin Jazz, and Jazz Fusion.

Table of Contents

Listening Guides
Recorded Examples
Photographs
Colorplates
Preface
What is Jazz?p. 1
How to Listen to Jazzp. 10
Jazz Heritagesp. 18
The Bluesp. 32
Jazz Singersp. 42
Early New Orleans Dixieland (1900-1920)p. 49
Ragtime (1900-1917)p. 57
Chicago Style Dixieland (the 1920s)p. 66
Boogie-Woogie (the 1920s and 1930s)p. 74
Swing (1932-1942)p. 79
Bop (1940-1950)p. 96
Cool (1949-1955)p. 107
Hard Bop, Funky/Straight-Ahead Jazz (circa 1954-)p. 118
Free Form, Avant Gardep. 130
Crossover, Third Stream, Early Jazz/Rockp. 143
Jazz/Rock/Pop Fusionp. 153
Big Band Legacyp. 165
Jazz in Television and Motion Picturesp. 171
Jazz and the New Technologyp. 176
Jazz Esthetics and Criticismp. 185
Six Out of Manyp. 191
Awards and Filmsp. 209
Selected Discographyp. 213
Glossaryp. 215
Bibliographyp. 219
Indexp. 222
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