
Jazz Styles
History and Analysis
Mark C. Gridley(Author)
Pearson (Publisher)
10th Edition
Published on 19. February 2008
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528 pages
978-0-13-600589-6 (ISBN)
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Description
America's most widely used introduction to jazz, it teaches the chronology of jazz by showing readers how to listen and what to notice in each style.
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Edition
10th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 276 mm
Width: 216 mm
Weight
1050 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-600589-6 (9780136005896)
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Content
CONTENTS
Preface
Acknowledgements
1 INTRODUCTION
PART I BASICS OF JAZZ
2 WHAT IS JAZZ?
3 APPRECIATING JAZZ IMPROVISATION
PART II PREMODERN JAZZ
4 ORIGINS OF JAZZ
5 EARLY JAZZ: COMBO JAZZ PRIOR TO THE MIDDLE
6 SWING: THE EARLY 1930s TO THE LATE 1940s
7 DUKE ELLINGTON
8 THE COUNT BASIE BANDS
PART III MODERN JAZZ: THE EARLY 1940s to the EARLY 1960s
9 BOP: THE EARLY 1940s to the EARLY 1950s
10 COOL JAZZ
11 HARD BOP
12 MILES DAVIS, HIS GROUPS & SIDEMEN
13 JOHN COLTRANE
PART IV MODERN JAZZ: THE EARLY 1960s to the PRESENT
14 1960s and 1970s AVANT-GARDE and "FREE" JAZZ
15 BILL EVANS, HERBIE HANCOCK, CHICK COREA, and KEITH JARRETT
16 JAZZ-ROCK FUSION
17 1980 to the PRESENT
18 OTHER VOICES
APPENDICES
Appendix A: Brief Outline of Jazz Styles
Appendix B: Elements of Music
Appendix C: Strategies for Buying Recorded Music
Appendix D: A Small Basic Collection of Jazz Videos
Appendix E: Glossary
Appendix F: Supplementary Reading
Appendix G: Sources for Solo Transcriptions
Appendix H: For Musicians
Index
Preface
Acknowledgements
1 INTRODUCTION
PART I BASICS OF JAZZ
2 WHAT IS JAZZ?
3 APPRECIATING JAZZ IMPROVISATION
PART II PREMODERN JAZZ
4 ORIGINS OF JAZZ
5 EARLY JAZZ: COMBO JAZZ PRIOR TO THE MIDDLE
6 SWING: THE EARLY 1930s TO THE LATE 1940s
7 DUKE ELLINGTON
8 THE COUNT BASIE BANDS
PART III MODERN JAZZ: THE EARLY 1940s to the EARLY 1960s
9 BOP: THE EARLY 1940s to the EARLY 1950s
10 COOL JAZZ
11 HARD BOP
12 MILES DAVIS, HIS GROUPS & SIDEMEN
13 JOHN COLTRANE
PART IV MODERN JAZZ: THE EARLY 1960s to the PRESENT
14 1960s and 1970s AVANT-GARDE and "FREE" JAZZ
15 BILL EVANS, HERBIE HANCOCK, CHICK COREA, and KEITH JARRETT
16 JAZZ-ROCK FUSION
17 1980 to the PRESENT
18 OTHER VOICES
APPENDICES
Appendix A: Brief Outline of Jazz Styles
Appendix B: Elements of Music
Appendix C: Strategies for Buying Recorded Music
Appendix D: A Small Basic Collection of Jazz Videos
Appendix E: Glossary
Appendix F: Supplementary Reading
Appendix G: Sources for Solo Transcriptions
Appendix H: For Musicians
Index