Jazz Styles: Pearson New International Edition PDF eBook
Description
For undergraduate courses in Jazz History, Jazz Survey, Evolution of Jazz, Introduction to Jazz, and Jazz Appreciation.
America's most widely used introduction to jazz text captures the minds of students by teaching the history of the styles and how to actively listen to jazz. While its chronological format serves as a great resource for beginners, Jazz Styles is applicable to more advanced students because of its in-depth analysis of musical elements and its technical appendices that discuss music theory concepts. This new edition incorporates a rich array of online features--including a full interactive eText, streaming audio, and historic performance video-through MyMusicLab. MyMusicLab was developed to help engage students in course material and assess their understanding of the material. With powerful online learning tools integrated into the book, the online and textbook experience is more seamless than ever before. MyMusicLab provides wonderful interactive resources that the instructor can bring directly into the classroom.
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1. Table of Contents
2. CD Listing
1. Table of Contents
CONTENTS
PrefaceAcknowledgements
1. INTRODUCTION
PART I BASICS OF JAZZ
2. WHAT IS JAZZ?
3. APPRECIATING JAZZ IMRPOVISATION
PART II PREMODERN JAZZ
4. ORIGINS OF JAZZ
5. EARLY JAZZ: COMBO JAZZ PRIOR TO THE MIDDLE 1930s
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 1950s
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 AVANTE-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: BREIF OUTLINE OF JAZZ STYLESAPPENDIX 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 TRANSSCRIPTIONS
APPENDIX H: FOR MUSICIANS
INDEX
2. CD Listing
Track Listing Please refer to the text page number, shown in bold, to view the Listening Guide for each selection.
CD 1
African Retentions Sequence 1. Street Cries of Charleston (Trad.) [0:30]. African American male street vendor; p. 51. Courtesy of The Concord Music Group 2. Porgy and Bess: Fisherman, Strawberry, Devil Crab (Gershwin) [0:49]. Miles Davis instrumentally imitating the cry of an African American male street vendor, accompanied by the Gil Evans Orchestra; p. 51. Originally released 1959. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment 3. Hunter's Dance excerpt (Trad.) [0:36]. West African field recording; p. 52. Courtesy of Essential Media Group 4. One Day excerpt (Trad.) [0:30]. The Angelic Gospel Singers and The Dixie Hummingbirds; p. 53. Originally released 1952. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment 5. One O'Clock Jump excerpt (Basie) [0:33]. Count Basie; p. 53. Originally released 1942. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment 6. Birdland excerpt (J. Zawinul) [0:25]. Weather Report with Joseph Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, and Jaco Pastorius; p. 53. (P) 1977 Sony Music Entertainment
Historic Recordings 7. Dixie Jazz Band One-Step (D. LaRocca-Joe Jordan) [2:35]. The Original Dixieland Jazz Band; p. 62. Originally released 1917. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment 8. Wolverine Blues (Morton) [3:19]. Jelly Roll Morton, Johnny Dodds, and Baby Dodds; p. 66. Originally released 1927. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment 9. Singing the Blues (J.R. Robinson-C. Conrad-S. Lewis-J. Young) [2:58]. Frankie Trumbauer and his Orchestra featuring Bix Beiderbecke; p. 84. Originally released 1927. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment 10. West End Blues (J. Oliver-C. Williams) [3:14]. Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five featuring Earl Hines; p. 76. Originally released 1928. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment 11. Hotter Than That (L. Armstrong) [2:58]. Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five; p. 80. Originally released 1928. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment 12. Handful of Keys (Fats Waller) [2:43]. Fats Waller; p. 71. Originally released 1929. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment 13. You've Got t
