Jazz
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Jazz
W.W. Norton, c2009
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Includes bibliographical references (p. A36-A41) and index
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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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