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Concise Guide to Jazz
ISBN: 9780137590445 | 013759044X
Format: PaperbackPublisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 9/1/1997
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This abridged version of Jazz Styles was developed in response to requests for an introductory book offering the clarity and accuracy of Jazz Styles with 1/2 the size, 1/4 the number of names and tune titles, and 1/3 the number of musician profiles. Using a simple, yet lively writing style, and an abundance of illustrations, it is easily accessible to readers with no previous knowledge of music -- or any technical sophistication. Written by an active jazz musician and eminent jazz historian, this brief yet substantive introduction to jazz examines how jazz originated, how it is made, what to listen for, the major style eras, and the individual styles of 40 historically significant jazz musicians. These styles include early jazz (Dixieland); swing; bebop; cool jazz; hard bop; avant-garde of the 1960s and 7Os; and jazz-rock fusion.
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| LISTENING GUIDES | vi | (1) | |||
| PREFACE | vii | (2) | |||
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | ix | ||||
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| 155 | (26) | |||
| Appendices ELEMENTS OF MUSIC | 181 | (32) | |||
| GUIDE TO ALBUM BUYING | 213 | (9) | |||
| A SMALL BASIC COLLECTION OF JAZZ VIDEOS | 222 | (1) | |||
| GLOSSARY | 223 | (6) | |||
| INDEX | 229 |
Mark C. Gridley is an active jazz musician who has lectured widely on jazz history and jazz appreciation for over twenty-five years. He has conducted field research in Africa, the Caribbean, and all the jazz centers of the United States. His books have been translated into five foreign languages. His articles appear in the Grove Dictionaries of Music, Encyclopaedia Britannica, The Musical Quarterly, The Black Perspective in Music, The Instrumentalist, and Jazz Educators Journal. The Educational Press Association of American gave him its Distinguished Achievement Award.
