Writings in Jazz

Nathan T Davis (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

277 Seiten

2003 | 6th Revised edition
Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S. (Verlag)
978-0-7575-0297-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Brings together different interpretations, styles, and musical perspectives of jazz history. This work includes listening suggestions, and an analysis of the development of jazz.

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Writings in Jazz, Sixth Edition, brings together different interpretations, styles, and musical perspectives of jazz history. The author lived this history while working with such jazz icons as Donald Byrd, Kenny Clarke, and Grover Washington, Jr., and he shares his encyclopaedic knowledge of jazz in an educational, enjoyable and memorable way. Included are listening suggestions, and a complete analysis of the development of jazz.

Inhalt

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Listening Examples
1. What is Jazz?
2. New Orleans
3. Ragtime
4. Religion and Jazz?
5. Minstrelsy and Its Effect on Jazz
6. The Blues
7. Chicago and New York During the 1920s
8. Kansas City: The Focal Point of Jazz in the Late 1920s
9. Swing
10. Bebop
11. Cool and Third Stream
12. Hard Bop (Late 1950s)
13. Free Jazz and the Avant-Garde (1960s)
14. Jazz Rock Fusion: 'The Big Crossover' (1970-1980)
15. Women in Jazz
16. Jazz: A World Music
17. The 1980s and 1990s: New Directions in Jazz
Jazz Education Opportunities
Endnotes
Discography of Jazz Recordings
Bibliography
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.10.2012
• Verlagsort: Iowa
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Jazz / Blues
• ISBN-10: 0-7575-0297-0 / 0757502970
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7575-0297-2 / 9780757502972
• Zustand: Neuware