| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xiv, 354 pages ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [318]-337) and index. |
| Contents |
Recordings and performance -- Defining jazz -- Elements -- Forms -- Improvisation, composition, and arranging -- Sources -- Listening to jazz -- The clubs -- Jazz styles -- The beginnings of jazz -- 1900-1925 : New Orleans -- Beyond New Orleans -- 1925-1940 : swing -- The 1940s : revivalism -- Five who helped make a revolution -- Bebop -- The 1950s : cool jazz -- West Coast jazz -- Hard bop, soul music, and funk -- The organ trio -- Post-bebop improvisation, c. 1956 -- 1959 : multiple revolutions -- Free jazz -- Third stream -- The 1970s -- Jazz-Rock -- The 1980s and 1990s -- Europe -- Acid jazz, drum 'n' bass, neo-swing -- What's next? |
| Subject |
Jazz -- Analysis, appreciation.
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| ISBN |
0786884967 |
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9780786884964 |
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