| |
| |
| Preface | |
| |
| |
| Acknowledgements | |
| |
| |
| |
| Introduction | |
| |
| |
| |
| Basics of Jazz | |
| |
| |
| |
| What is Jazz? | |
| |
| |
| |
| Appreciating Jazz Imrpovisation | |
| |
| |
| |
| Premodern Jazz | |
| |
| |
| |
| Origins of Jazz | |
| |
| |
| |
| Early Jazz: Combo Jazz Prior to The Middle 1930s | |
| |
| |
| |
| Swing: The Early 1930s to The Late 1940s | |
| |
| |
| |
| Duke Ellington | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Count Basie Bands | |
| |
| |
| |
| Modern Jazz: The Early 1940s tO The Early 1950s | |
| |
| |
| |
| Bop: The Early 1940s to The Early 1950s | |
| |
| |
| |
| Cool Jazz | |
| |
| |
| |
| Hard Bop | |
| |
| |
| |
| Miles Davis, his Groups & Sidemen | |
| |
| |
| |
| John Coltrane | |
| |
| |
| |
| Modern Jazz: The Early 1960s to The Present | |
| |
| |
| |
| 1960s and 1970s Avante-Garde and "Free" Jazz | |
| |
| |
| |
| Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, and Keith Jarrett | |
| |
| |
| |
| Jazz-Rock Fusion | |
| |
| |
| |
| 1980 to The Present | |
| |
| |
| |
| Other Voices | |
| |
| |
| Appendices | |
| |
| |
| |
| Breif Outline of Jazz Styles | |
| |
| |
| |
| Elements of Music | |
| |
| |
| |
| Strategies for Buying Recorded Music | |
| |
| |
| |
| A Small Basic Collection of Jazz Videos | |
| |
| |
| |
| Glossary | |
| |
| |
| |
| Supplementary Reading | |
| |
| |
| |
| Sources for Solo Transscriptions | |
| |
| |
| |
| For Musicians | |
| |
| |
| Index | |
| |
| |
| African Retentions Sequence | |
| |
| |
| |
| Street Cries of Charleston (Trad.) [0:30]. African American male street vendor | |
| |
| |
| Courtesy of the Concord Music Group | |
| |
| |
| |
| Porgy and Bess: Fisherman, Strawberry, Devil Crab (Gershwin) [0:49]. Miles Davis instrumentally imitating the cry of an African American male street vendor, accompanied by the Gil Evans Orchestra | |
| |
| |
| Originally released 1959. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment | |
| |
| |
| |
| Hunter's Dance excerpt (Trad.) [0:36]. West African field recording | |
| |
| |
| Courtesy of Essential Media Group | |
| |
| |
| |
| One Day excerpt (Trad.) [0:30] | |
| |
| |
| |
| Originally released 1952. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment | |
| |
| |
| |
| One O'Clock Jump excerpt (Basie) [0:33]. Count Basie | |
| |
| |
| Originally released 1942. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment | |
| |
| |
| |
| Birdland excerpt (J. Zawinul) [0:25]. Weather Report | |
| |
| |
| |
| (P) 1977 Sony Music Entertainment | |
| |
| |
| Historic Recordings | |
| |
| |
| |
| Dixie Jazz Band One-Step (D. LaRocca-Joe Jordan) [2:35]. the Original Dixieland | |
| |
| |
| |
| Originally released 1917. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment | |
| |
| |
| |
| Wolverine Blues (Morton) [3:19] | |
| |
| |
| |
| Originally released 1927. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment | |
| |
| |
| |
| Singing the Blues (J.R. Robinson-C. Conrad-S. Lewis-J. Young) [2:58] | |
| |
| |
| |
| Originally released 1927. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment | |
| |
| |
| |
| West End Blues (J. Oliver-C. Williams) [3:14]. Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five featuring Earl Hines | |
| |
| |
| Originally released 1928. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment | |
| |
| |
| |
| Hotter Than That (L. Armstrong) [2:58]. Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five | |
| |
| |
| Originally released 1928. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment | |
| |
| |
| |
| Handful of Keys (Fats Waller) [2:43] | |
| |
| |
| |
| Originally released 1929. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment | |
| |
| |
| |
| You've Got to Be Modernistic (J. P. Johnson) [3:11] | |
| |
| |
| |
| Originally released 1930. Courtesy of the Verve Music Group, under license from Universal Music Enterprises | |
| |
| |
| |
| Walkin' and Swingin' (Mary Lou Williams) [2:38] | |
| |
| |
| |
| Originally released 1936. Courtesy of the Verve Music Group, under license from Universal Music Enterprises | |
| |
| |
| |
| Seven Come Eleven (Goodman-Christian) [2:48] | |
| |
| |
| |
| Originally released 1940. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment | |
| |
| |
| |
| After You've Gone (H. Creamer-J. Layton) [2:36] | |
| |
| |
| |
| Originally released 1941. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment | |
| |
| |
| |
| How Deep is the Ocean? (Irving Berlin) [3:18] | |
| |
| |
| |
| Originally released 1943. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment | |
| |
| |
| |
| Voodte excerpt (Coleman Hawkins) [1:50] | |
| |
| |
| |
| Originally released 1943. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment | |
| |
| |
| |
| Cottontail excerpt (Ben Webster; arr. Duke Ellington) [0:97] | |
| |
| |
| |
| Originally released 1965. Courtesy of the Verve Music Group under license from Universal Music Enterprises | |
| |
| |
| |
| Cottontail (Ben Webster; arr. Duke Ellington) [3:06] | |
| |
| |
| |
| Originally released 1940. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment | |
| |
| |
| |
| Harlem Airshaft (Ellington) [2:57] | |
| |
| |
| |
| Originally released 1940. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment | |
| |
| |
| |
| Transblucency (Lawrence Brown-Duke Ellington) [2:57] | |
| |
| |
| |
| Originally released 1946 All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment | |
| |
| |
| |
| Prelude to a Kiss (Ellington) [4:39] | |
| |
| |
| |
| Originally released 1957. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment | |
| |
| |
| |
| Taxi War Dance (Basie-L. Young) [2:49] | |
| |
| |
| |
| Originally released 1939. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment | |
| |
| |
| |
| Lester Leaps In (L. Young) [3:13] | |
| |
| |
| |
| Originally released 1939. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment | |
| |
| |
| |
| Shaw 'Nuff (Gillespie-Parker) [3:01] | |
| |
| |
| |
| Originally released 1945. Courtesy of Savoy Label Group | |
| |
| |
| |
| Things to Come (G. Fuller) [2:45] | |
| |
| |
| |
| Originally released 1946. Courtesy of Savoy Label Group | |
| |
| |
| |
| Four Brothers (Giuffre) [2:48] | |
| |
| |
| |
| Originally released 1947. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment | |
| |
| |
| |
| Misterioso (Monk) [3:20] | |
| |
| |
| |
| Originally released 1948. Courtesy of Blue Note Records, Under License from EMI Music Marketing. Blue Note� is a registered trademark of Capitol Records, Inc | |
| |
| |
| |
| Just Friends (John Klenner & Sam Lewis) [3:30] | |
| |
| |
| |
| Originally released 1949. Courtesy of the Verve Music Group under license from Universal Music Enterprises | |
| |
| |
| |
| Body and Soul (Green-Heyman-Sour-Eyton) [3:42]. Sarah Vaughan and Ray Brown | |
| |
| |
| (P) 1978 the Concord Music Group. Courtesy of the Concord Music Group | |
| |
| |
| |
| No Figs (Tristano) [2:51]. Metronome All Stars featuring | |
| |
| |
| |
| Originally released 1950. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment | |
| |
| |
| |
| My Lady (Russo) [3:47] | |
| |
| |
| |
| Originally released 1952. Courtesy of Capitol Records, Inc., Under License from EMI Music Marketing | |
| |
| |
| |
| A Trumpet (Robert Graettinger) [4:46] | |
| |
| |
| |
| Originally released 1953. Courtesy of Capitol Records, Inc., Under License from EMI Music Marketing | |
| |
| |
| |
| Blue Rondo a la Turk (Brubeck) [6:48] | |
| |
| |
| |
| Originally released 1959. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment | |
| |
| |
| |
| Seuor Blues (Silver) [7:00] | |
| |
| |
| |
| Originally released 1956. Courtesy of Blue Note Records, Under License from EMI Music Marketing. Blue Note� is a registered trademark of Capitol Records, Inc | |
| |
| |
| |
| Kiss and Run (Coslow) [7:28] | |
| |
| |
| |
| Originally released 1956. Courtesy of the Concord Music Group | |
| |
| |
| |
| Cranky Spanky (Hardman) [7:53] | |
| |
| |
| |
| Originally released 1956. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment | |
| |
| |
| |
| Maiden Voyage (Hancock) [7:53] | |
| |
| |
| |
| Originally released 1965 Courtesy of Blue Note Records, Under License from EMI Music Marketing. Blue Note� is a registered trademark of Capitol Records, Inc | |
| |
| |
| |
| Flamenco Sketches (Bill Evans & Miles Davis) [9:25] | |
| |
| |
| |
| Originally released 1959. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment | |
| |
| |
| |
| Masqualero (W. Shorter) [8:52] | |
| |
| |
| |
| Originally released 1967. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment | |
| |
| |
| |
| Afro-Blue (Mongo Santamaria) [7:41] | |
| |
| |
| |
| Originally recorded 1963. Courtesy of the Concord Music Group | |
| |
| |
| |
| Civilization Day (Coleman) [6:04] | |
| |
| |
| |
| (P) 1972 Sony Music Entertainment | |
| |
| |
| |
| Fables of Faubus (Mingus) [8:13] | |
| |
| |
| |
| Originally released 1959. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment | |
| |
| |
| |
| Ghosts: First Variation (Ayler) [5:13] | |
| |
| |
| |
| Originally released 1964. Courtesy of ESP Records | |
| |
| |
| |
| Solar (Chuck Wayne) [8:52] | |
| |
| |
| |
| Originally released 1961. Courtesy of the Concord Music Group | |
| |
| |
| |
| Steps (C. Corea) [5:03] | |
| |
| |
| |
| Originally released 1968. Courtesy of Blue Note Records, Under License from EMI Music Marketing. Blue Note� is a registered trademark of Capitol Records, Inc | |
| |
| |
| |
| Sundial, Part 1 (Keith Jarrett) [8:54] | |
| |
| |
| |
| Originally released 1976, � 1977. Courtesy of ECM Records GmbH | |
| |
| |
| |
| Surucucu (W. Shorter) [4:18]. Weather Report | |
| |
| |
| |
| (P) 1972 Sony Music Entertainment | |
| |
| |
| |
| Chameleon excerpt (Hancock) [6:46] | |
| |
| |
| |
| (P) 1973 Sony Music Entertainment | |
| |
| |
| |
| Above & Below (Randy Brecker) [7:05] | |
| |
| |
| |
| (P) 1992 the Verve Music Group. Courtesy of the Verve Music Group under license form Universal Music Enterprises | |
| |
| |
| |
| Red Emma (Dave Douglas) [4:55]. Tiny Bell Trio | |
| |
| |
| |
| (P) 1994 Songlines Recordings; Courtesy of Songlines Recordings | |
| |
| |
| |
| Miami (J. Marquez) [5:34] | |
| |
| |
| |
| (P) 1982 Sony Music Entertainment | |
| |
| |
| |
| Express Crossing (Wynton Marsalis) [5:11] | |
| |
| |
| |
| (P) 1997 Sony Music Entertainment | |
| |
| |
| |
| Baseball (Carla Bley) [7:46] | |
| |
| |
| |
| Originally released 1999. Courtesy of ECM Records GmbH | |