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The Ninth Edition of "Jazz" takes students on an extraordinary musical journey through the changing styles and the fascinating history of jazz.
With a strong emphasis on listening and an outstanding photo program, "Jazz" offers an insider's view of the most important music, artists, clubs, and precursors in jazz history.
New to the Ninth Edition, personal accounts by major players in the scene -- "Witness to Jazz" -- take students inside the sessions, giving them a firsthand view of the lively context surrounding the growth of this uniquely American art form.

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Chapter 1: Listening to Jazz

An Overview

Historical Frame of Reference

Understanding Jazz

What to Listen for in Jazz

Listening Guidelines

Summary

For Further Study

Notes

Chapter 2: Jazz Heritages

African and European Influences

Interpretation and Content

African Influences

European Influences

African Americans in the Early Colonies

Creole Music

Field Hollers (Cries)

Work Songs

Minstrels

Religious Music

Marching Bands

Summary

For Furthur Study

Additional Reading Resources

Notes

Chapter 3: The Blues

The Origin

Blue Notes

Field and Prison Hollers

Blues Lyrics

Country and Urban Blues

Singing the Blues

Contemporary Blues

Summary

For Further Study

Suggested Additional Listening

Additional Reading Resources

Chapter 4: Piano Styles: Ragtime to Boogie-Woogie

The Birth of Ragtime

Ragtime and Dixieland Merge

Ragtime Lives On

Stride Piano

Boogie-Woogie

Summary

For Further Study

Suggested Additional Listening

Additional Reading Resources

Notes

Chapter 5: Early New Orleans and Chicago Style Jazz

Early New Orleans Style

Louis Armstrong (1901-71)

Chicago Style (the 1920s)

Later Developments

Summary

For Further Study

Suggested Additional Listening

Additional Reading Resources

Notes

Chapter 6: Swing

Beginnings of the Swing Era

Jazz Arrangements

New York

Kansas City

Swing Becomes Accepted

Paul Whiteman

The Swing Bands

Big Band Soloists

Swing Combos

The Demise of Swing

Big-Band Legacy

Summary

For Further Study

Suggested Additional Listening

Additional Reading Resources

Notes

Chapter 7: Ellington

Washington to New York

The Cotton Club

Touring

The Swing Period

Billy Strayhorn

New Additions and Longer Compositions

Johnny Hodges

A Period of Transition

Late Ellington

Individual and Group Expression

Innovations

Repertoire

Legacy

For Further Study

Suggested Additional Listening

Additional Reading Resources

Notes

Chapter 8: Bop

The Shift to Bop

The Developing Mainstream and the Jazz Canon

Bop Arranging

Musical Expansion

The Bop Rhythm Section

The Performers

Bop and Progressive Big Bands

Summary

For Further Study

Suggested Additional Listening

Additional Reading Resources

Notes

Chapter 9: Cool

The Sounds of Cool

Cool Bands

The Performers

West Coast Jazz

Third Stream

Jazz in Classical Competition

Summary

For Further Study

Suggested Additional Listening

Additional Reading Resources

Notes

Chapter 10: Miles Davis

Bop

Cool

Small Groups

Modal

Jazz Rock

Jazz Pop

Legacy

Summary

For Further Study

Suggested Additional Listening

Additional Reading Resources

Notes

Chapter 11: Hard Bop, Funky

The Music

Gospel Jazz

The Performers

Summary

For Further Study

Suggested Additional Listening

Additional Reading Resources

Notes

Chapter 12: Free Form, Avant-Garde

Ornette Coleman

Cecil Taylor

John Coltrane

Chicago Style of Free Jazz

Anthony Braxton

Contemporary Avant-Garde

The Fee Jazz Controversy

Summary

For Further Study

Suggested Additional Listening

Additional Reading Resources

Notes

Chapter 13: Jazz Rock Fusion

Early Jazz Rock

Fusion

Jazz:A New Popularity

Vocal Jazz

Jazz/Pop

Jazz/Pop Blend

Jazz in Rock

Summary

For Further Study

Suggested Additional Listening

Additional Reading Resources

Notes

Chapter 14: Contemporary Trends, A Maturing Art Form

The Neoclassical School

The Jazz Canon

The Young Lions

Wynton Marsalis

The Trumpet Legacy

The Saxophone Legacy

Other Performers

Summary

For Further Study

Suggested Additional Listening

Additional Reading Resources

Notes

Chapter 15: Latin Jazz

1890s-1910, Early New Orleans

1910s-1920, The Tango Craze

1930s, The Rumba Craze

Clave

1940s, Swing to Cubop

1950s, The Mambo and Cubop

1960s, The Brazilian Wave

1970s, Latin Jazz Fusion

Contemporary Trends

Summary

Suggested Additional Listening

Additional Reading Resources

Chapter 16: Vocal Jazz

Spiritual Singing

Gospel

Mahalia Jackson and the African American Church

Singing Work Songs

Publishing Popular Music

Blues Singers

Later Jazz Singers

Jazz Pop Distinctions

Vocal Jazz Groups

Summary

For Further Study

Suggested Additional Listening

Additional Reading Resources

Notes

Appendix A: Listening Suggestions

Appendix B: Notation Examples

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Info autore

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Maurice Gerow, David W. Megill, Paul Tanner
• Editore: McGraw Hill LLC
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.10.2000
• EAN: 9780072455137
• ISBN: 978-0-07-245513-7
• Pagine: 256
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Musica > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie