Jazz

Author(s)

• DeVeaux, Scott Knowles
• Giddins, Gary

Bibliographic Information

Jazz

Scott DeVeaux, Gary Giddins

W.W. Norton, c2009

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. A36-A41) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Gary Giddins and Scott DeVeaux 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

Part I Musical Orientation 1 Musical Elements and Instruments 2 Jazz Form and Improvisation Part II Early Jazz (1900?1930) 3 The Roots of Jazz 4 New Orleans 5 New York in the 1920s 6 Louis Armstrong and the First Great Soloists PART III THE SWING ERA 7 Swing Bands 8 Count Basie and Duke Ellington 9 Swing Era Soloists 10 Rhythm in Transition Part IV Modern Jazz 11 Bebop 12 The 1950s: Cool Jazz and Hard Bop 13 Jazz Composition in the 1950s 14 The Modality of Miles Davis and John Coltrane Part V The Avant-Garde, Fusion, Historicism, and Now 15 The Avant-Garde 16 Fusion I (to 1960): R & B, Singers, and Latin Jazz 17 Fusion II: Jazz, Rock, and Beyond 18 Historicist Jazz 19 The Modern Scene

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Details

• NCID: BB15765283
• ISBN:
  • 9780393978803
• LCCN: 2008046717
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xx, 553, A66 p., [16] p. of plates
• Size: 28 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : ML3508
  • DC22 : 781.65
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Jazz -- History and criticism