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Jazz : The First 100 Years

ISBN: 9780028647890 | 0028647890
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Schirmer
Pub. Date: 9/7/2001

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SummaryTable of Contents
Explores the development of jazz from its nineteenth-century roots in ragtime and blues through swing and bebop to fusion and contemporary jazz styles. Unique in its up-to-date coverage, JAZZ: THE FIRST 100 YEARS devotes a full third of its length to performers of the 1960s to the present day. The book's flexible organization and clear, interesting presentation appeal to both music majors and general students. Extensive, accessible Listening Guides tie the history of jazz music directly to the CD selections, giving newcomers and aficionados ali... MORE
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Prefacexxi
About the Authorsxxvi
Roots
2(32)
Early Jazz and New Orleans Jazz
34(24)
Jazz in Chicago
58(22)
New York in the 1920s
80(22)
The Swing Era
102(34)
Swing-Era Bands and Stylists
136(34)
The Bebop Era
170(30)
The Fifties and New Jazz Substyles
200(38)
The Sixties Avant-Garde
238(32)
Mainstream Jazz in the 1960s
270(22)
Jazz-Rock, Jazz-Funk Fusion
292(30)
Jazz Since the 1980s
322(32)
Notes354(6)
Glossary360(9)
Selected Readings369(4)
Selected Discography373(4)
Index377(13)
Audio Primer CD Tracks390

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