Jazz From Its Origins to the Present

Name: Jazz From Its Origins to the Present
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ISBN: 9780135121955

ISBN-10: 0135121957

ISBN-13: 9780135121955

Edition: 1993

Authors: Lewis Porter, Michael Ullman, Edward Hazell

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Ideal for all Introduction to Jazz and Jazz History courses in Music, African-American Studies, and 20th Century American Studies at the undergraduate level. Entertaining and well-written, this one-volume comprehensive history of jazz contains musical examples expansive enough so that students who do not read music will not be inhibited. Accurate and respectful of the industry's greatest artists, it combines general chapters on the history of jazz with more detailed treatment (i.e., biographies and contributions) of certain key figures. A good deal of attention is given to important solos, and the authors attempt to suggest the world from which the music emerged. Instructors: Package the…

Book details

List price: $180.60
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 12/11/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 512
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English




Introduction



Beginnings



New Orleans



New Orleans Masters: The Early Recordings



Sidney Bechet



Louis Armstrong



Jazzin' in the Twenties



Duke Ellington



Riding in Rhythm: The Thirties and Swing



Count Basie



The Small Bands and Virtuoso Soloists of the Thirties



The Scene Changes: The Forties and Bebop



Charlie Parker



The Fifties: Cool and Third Stream



Mainstream, Hard Bop and Beyond



Miles Davis



John Coltrane



Ornette Coleman



The Sixties: Bill Evans and Modern Jazz Piano



Popular Jazz: Bossa Nova, Big Band and Soul



Fusion



The Avant-Garde Since Coltrane



Modern Jazz Vocals



Conclusion


Appendix: How to Listen to Jazz


Glossary


Bibliography


Discography