Introduction to Jazz HistoryThis classic chronological survey of jazz history brings the various historical styles to life by exploring them through the lives of the musicians and a study of their recordings. KEY TOPICS An eight-part organization covers THE BLUES;PIANO STYLES--1890-1940; NEW ORLEANS JAZZ AND DIXIELAND--1910-1940; SWING--1934-1945; BEBOP--1943-1960; THIRD STREAM, COOL, AND BEYOND--1949-; FREE JAZZ--1960-; and JAZZ/ROCK FUSION--1968- . MARKET: For jazz lovers. |
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Huddie LedbetterLeadbelly | 7 |
THE BLUES 1900 | 13 |
PIANO STYLES 18901940 | 35 |
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00 Introduction 2nd chorus accompaniment album alto sax arrangements B. B. King banjo bassist beat bebop became began Benny Goodman Bessie big bands Billy Blue Note brass Charlie Parker Chicago chords classical Coleman collective improvisation composers compositions concert continues cornet create dance developed dissonant Dixieland Dizzy Gillespie Dolphy double-time drummer drums Duke Ellington ensemble free jazz fusion guitar guitarist harmonic horns inflections instruments Jazz Disc jazz musicians jazz/rock Jelly Roll Morton Jimmy John Coltrane Johnson joined Kenton keyboard Lester Young LISTENING GUIDE Louis Armstrong Marsalis measures melodic ideas melody Miles Davis Mingus orchestra Orleans pattern performance phrase pianist Piano solo played player popular Quartet ragtime recording returns rhythm section rhythmic rock sax solo saxophone saxophonist SCCJ Disc singing Solo break soloists song sound SUGGESTED LISTENING swing Tatum technique tenor sax texture Thelonious Monk third stream toured traditional trombone trumpet solo tune vocal York Zawinul