| Description |
9 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guide (96 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.). |
| Series |
The Modern scholar |
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Modern scholar.
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| System Details |
Compact disc. |
| Note |
Includes 2 disc music set, Jazz: the first 100 years by Henry Martin and Keith Waters (Sony, A2 93753, p2005). |
| Bibliography |
Course guide includes bibliographical references. |
| Performer |
Ted Buehrer, lecturer. |
| Summary |
A series of lectures designed to help musical enthusiasts become more astute, sophisticated jazz listeners. In these lectures, Professor Buehrer introduces concepts common to nearly all forms of music before focusing on unique aspects of jazz appreciation from early jazz to swing, bebop, fusion, and the contemporary jazz scene. |
| Contents |
Lecture 1. Listening to jazz: part I, basic parameters of music and the jazz rhythm section -- Lecture 2. Listening to jazz: part II, the sounds and forms of jazz -- Lecture 3. Listening to jazz: part III, appreciating jazz improvisation -- Lecture 4. The origins of jazz -- Lecture 5. New Orleans -- Lecture 6. Chicago and the transition to early swing -- Lecture 7. The swing era -- Lecture 8. Swing to bebop -- Lecture 9. Bebop: the birth of modern jazz -- Lecture 10. The 1950s and a profusion of styles -- Lecture 11. Into the 1960s -- Lecture 12. Jazz in the 1960s -- Lecture 13. Jazz fusion -- Lecture 14. The contemporary jazz scene. |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
Music appreciation -- Sound recordings.
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Musical analysis -- Sound recordings.
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Jazz -- History -- Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Martin, Henry, 1950- Performer.
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Waters, Keith, 1958- Performer.
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| Added Title |
Jazz : the first 100 years.
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| ISBN |
1428137815 set |
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9781428137813 set |
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1428137823 course guide |
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9781428137820 course guide |
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0534628060 music discs |
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9780534628062 music discs |
| Music No. |
UC096 Recorded Books |
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A2 93753 Sony |
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