Jazz The First 100 Years (with Audio CD)
ISBN: 9781439083338 | 1439083339
Edition: 3rdFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Pub. Date: 1/1/2011
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Explore the development of jazz music from its nineteenth-century roots in blues and ragtime, through swing and bebop, to fusion and contemporary jazz styles. JAZZ: THE FIRST 100 YEARS gives you a true feel for the vibrant, ever-changing sound of jazz. Learning is made easy with the Audio Primer CD that allows you to hear the key terms, basic music concepts, and jazz instruments discussed in the book. Key terms, topics for discussion, and the jazz basics introduction help you master difficult concepts.
| Introduction | |
| Jazz Basics | |
| Roots | |
| Early Jazz | |
| Morton, Bechet, Armstrong, and Beiderbecke | |
| 1920s Jazz in New York and Europe | |
| The Swing Era | |
| Swing-Era Bands and Stylists | |
| The Bebop Era | |
| The 1950s and New Jazz Substyles | |
| The 1960s Avant-Garde | |
| Mainstream Jazz: I... MORE | |
| Jazz-Rock, Jazz-Funk Fusion | |
| Jazz Since the 1980s | |
| Notes | |
| Glossary | |
| Selected Readings | |
| Selected Discography | |
| Selected Jazz DVDs and Videos | |
| Index | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
