Jazz styles : history and analysis

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Jazz styles : history and analysis

Mark C. Gridley

Pearson Prentice Hall, c2009

10th ed

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Bibliography: p. 483-487

Includes index

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Description

America's most widely used introduction to jazz, it teaches the chronology of jazz by showing readers how to listen and what to notice in each style.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS Preface Acknowledgements 1 INTRODUCTION PART I BASICS OF JAZZ 2 WHAT IS JAZZ? 3 APPRECIATING JAZZ IMPROVISATION PART II PREMODERN JAZZ 4 ORIGINS OF JAZZ 5 EARLY JAZZ: COMBO JAZZ PRIOR TO THE MIDDLE 6 SWING: THE EARLY 1930s TO THE LATE 1940s 7 DUKE ELLINGTON 8 THE COUNT BASIE BANDS PART III MODERN JAZZ: THE EARLY 1940s to the EARLY 1960s 9 BOP: THE EARLY 1940s to the EARLY 1950s 10 COOL JAZZ 11 HARD BOP 12 MILES DAVIS, HIS GROUPS & SIDEMEN 13 JOHN COLTRANE PART IV MODERN JAZZ: THE EARLY 1960s to the PRESENT 14 1960s and 1970s AVANT-GARDE and "FREE" JAZZ 15 BILL EVANS, HERBIE HANCOCK, CHICK COREA, and KEITH JARRETT 16 JAZZ-ROCK FUSION 17 1980 to the PRESENT 18 OTHER VOICES APPENDICES Appendix A: Brief Outline of Jazz Styles Appendix B: Elements of Music Appendix C: Strategies for Buying Recorded Music Appendix D: A Small Basic Collection of Jazz Videos Appendix E: Glossary Appendix F: Supplementary Reading Appendix G: Sources for Solo Transcriptions Appendix H: For Musicians Index

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