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Living with Jazz An Appreciation

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ISBN-10: 0155003186

ISBN-13: 9780155003187

Edition: 1996

Authors: Frank P. Tirro

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As Tiro informs students about the music, musicians, history, and social forces that have shaped jazz, he teaches students the aural skills that lead to a true understanding of jazz. This text includes 50 musical examples that are detailed in the text and included on the accompanying 3-CD set.
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Book details

List price: $181.95
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 10/1/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 7.75" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.188

Preface
List of Illustrations
The Basics
Identifying the Sounds
The Chocolate Dandies, Bugle Call Rag (TJA#1)
Individual Voices
Benny Goodman Sextet, China Boy (TJA#2)
The Rhythm Section
Two Rhythm Sections, Three Blues in F (TJA#3,4 & 5)
One Soloist Plus the Rhythm Section
Charlie Parker Quartet, Now's The Time (TJA#6)
The Element of Swing
Don Redman and His Orchestra, Shakin' The African (TJA#7)
Form, Meter, and the Blues Scale
Dave Brubeck Quartet, Blue Rondo A La Turk (TJA#8)
The Harmonic Structure and Popular Song Form
Dave Brubeck Quartet, Take The "A" Train (TJA#9)
Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra with Betty Roche, Take the "A" Train (TJA#10)
The Vocal Line
Billie Holiday, Strange Fruit (TJA#11)
Ethel Waters, Black and Blue (TJA#12)
Reviewing the Basics
Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra, Knockin' A Jug (TJA#13)
Men and Women of Jazz
Two Superb Pianists
Where or When (TJA#14)
Blue in Green (TJA#15)
Five Soloists from the Rhythm Section
K-4 Pacific (TJA#16)
Improvising Brass I
Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra, Knockin' A Jug (TJA#13)
Bix Beiderbecke, Goose Pimples (TJA#17)
Improvising Brass II
Dizzy Gillespie and His All Star Quintet, Dizy Atmosphere (TJA#18)
Charlie Parker Sextet, Air Conditioning (TJA#19)
Ray Anderson Quartet, The Gahtooze (TJA#20)
Improvising Brass III: The Women
International Sweethearts of Rhythm, Jump Children (TJA#21)
Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra, My Reverie (TJA#22)
Rebecca Coupe Franks, Suit of Armor (TJA#23)
Four Pianists Before World War II
Sporting House Rag (TJA#24)
The Mule Walk (TJA#25)
Boogie Woogie (TJA#26)
Tea For Two (TJA#27)
Four Modern Masters of the Keyboard
East Of The Sun (TJA#28)
Calling Planet Earth (TJA#29)
Johnny Come Lately (TJA#30)
Weather Report, Harlequin (TJA#31)
Syncopating Saxophones I
Clarence Williams Blue Five, Texas Moaner Blues (TJA#32)
Frankie Trumbauer Orchestra, Clarinet Marmalade (TJA#33)
Count Basie Orchestra, Every Tub (TJA#34)
Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet, What Is This Thing Called Love? (TJA#35)
Syncopating Saxophones II
Stan Getz with Bob Brookmeyer, Cool Mix (TJA#36)
Cannonball Adderley with Bill Evans, Know What I Mean? (TJA#37)
Ornette Coleman Quartet, Free (TJA#38)
Don't Try This At Home (TJA#39)
Syncopating Saxophones III: The Women
Viola Burnside, Sweet Georgia Brown (TJA#40)
Now's The Time (TJA#41)
You Must Be Jokin' (TJA#42)
Further Into The Night (TJA#43)
Reviewing the Men and Women of Jazz
Prologue (TJA#44)
Review of Concepts and Terms
The Great Pretender (TJA#45)
Review of Styles
The Story of Jazz (TJA#46)
Living With Jazz: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Yesterday: History and the World of Duke Ellington
The Mooche (TJA#47)
Take The A Train (TJA#10)
Duke Ellington, T.G.T.T. (TJA#48)
Today and Tomorrow: Neoclassic Jazz and Beyond
Branford Marsalis, Cain and Able (TJA#49)
Freddie Bryant, Karma (TJA#50)
Worksheet for Listening Assignments