Title Elements of jazz : from cakewalks to fusion / Bill Messenger.

Publication Info.	Springfield, VA : Teaching Co., 1998.
	1995.

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level	GREAT COURSES CD BOOK MESSENGER DISCS 1-8 + BOOK	Check Shelf
Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction Audiobook	CD 781.65 MESSENGER	Check Shelf

Description	8 audio discs (approximately 360 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (22 cm.).
Series	Great courses
	Great courses (Compact disc)
Performer	Lecturer: Bill Messenger.
Summary	Presents an overview of jazz, its elements, and its history. Includes performances by various jazz artists.
Contents	Lecture 1. Plantation beginnings -- Lecture 2. The rise and fall of ragtime -- Lecture 3. The jazz age -- Lecture 4. Blues -- Lecture 5. The swing era -- Lecture 6. Boogie, big band blues, and bop -- Lecture 7. Modern jazz -- Lecture 8. The ABC's of jazz improvisation.
Note	Compact discs.
	GMD: sound recording.
Subject	Jazz -- History and criticism.
	Jazz -- Instruction and study.
	Ragtime music -- History and criticism.
	Blues (Music) -- History and criticism.
	Swing (Music) -- History and criticism.
	Boogie woogie (Music) -- History and criticism.
	Big band music -- History and criticism.
	Bop (Music) -- History and criticism.
	Improvisation (Music)
Added Author	Teaching Company.
Added Title	From cakewalks to fusion
ISBN	1598031481
	9781598031485
Music No.	728 Teaching Company

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