Jazz Styles History and Analysis (with MyMusicKit Student Access Code Card)

Name: Jazz Styles History and Analysis (with MyMusicKit Student Access Code Card)
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ISBN: 9780205773527

ISBN-10: 0205773524

ISBN-13: 9780205773527

Edition: 10th 2010

Authors: Mark C. Gridley

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Description:

For undergraduate courses in Jazz History, Jazz Survey, Evolution of Jazz, Introduction to Jazz, and Jazz Appreciation. Americarsquo;s most widely used introduction to jazz, it teaches the chronology of jazz by showing students how to listen and what to notice in each style. Though originally conceived for nonmusicians and written at a college freshmen reading level,Jazz Stylesalso has been widely adopted in courses for musicians because of its point-by-point specification of each stylersquo;s musical characteristics and its technical appendix.

Book details

List price: $95.60
Edition: 10th
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 7/12/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 528
Size: 8.50" wide x 10.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.442
Language: English



CONTENTS


Preface


Acknowledgements



Introduction



Basics of Jazz



What is Jazz?



Appreciating Jazz Improvisation



Premodern Jazz



Origins of Jazz



Early Jazz: Combo Jazz Prior to the Middle



Swing: The Early 1930s to the Late 1940s



Duke Ellington



The Count Basie Bands



Modern Jazz: The Early 1940s to the Early 1960s



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 Avant-Garde And "Free" Jazz



Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, and Keith Jarrett



Jazz-Rock Fusion



1980 to the Present



Other Voices


Appendices



Brief 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 Transcriptions



For Musicians


Index