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Jazz
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An edition of Jazz (2009)

Jazz

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History of jazz that explains what jazz is, where it came from, and who created it and why, all within the broader context of American life and culture. Emphasizing its African American roots, Jazz traces the history of the music over the last hundred years. From ragtime and blues to the international craze for swing, from the heated protests of the avant-garde to the radical diversity of today's artists, Jazz describes the travails and triumphs of musical innovators struggling for work, respect, and cultural acceptance set against the backdrop of American history, commerce, and politics. With vibrant photographs by legendary jazz chronicler Herman Leonard, Jazz is also an arresting visual history of a century of music.

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W.W. Norton
Language
English
Pages
704

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Jazz, History and criticism
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Jazz
2009, W. W. Norton
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Jazz
2009, W.W. Norton
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Table of Contents

Musical orientation : elements and instruments
Jazz form and improvisation
The roots of jazz
New Orleans
New York in the 1920s
Louis Armstrong and the first great soloists
Swing bands
Count Basie and Duke Ellington
A world of soloists
Rhythm in transition
Modern jazz : bebop
The 1950s : cool jazz and hard bop
Jazz composition in the 1950s
Modality : Miles Davis and John Coltrane
The avant-garde
Fusion I : R&B, singers, and Latin jazz
Fusion II : jazz, rock, and beyond
Historicism : jazz on jazz
Jazz today
Selected musicians on primary jazz instruments
Glossary
Collecting jazz recordings
Jazz on film.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 665-675) and index.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
781.65
Library of Congress
ML3508 .G54 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiii, 704 p., [8] p. of plates :
Number of pages
704

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL24103487M
ISBN 10
0393068617
ISBN 13
9780393068610
LCCN
2009024880

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Work ID
OL507275W

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