Jazz Styles: History and Analysis - Couverture souple

Gridley, Mark C.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0130992828 ISBN 13 : 9780130992826

Editeur : Pearson, 2002

Synopsis

This broad and encompassing survey provides a rich, informative, and chronological study of jazz.

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

JAZZ — FROM DIXIELAND TO BEBOP TO FUSION

America's most. widely-used introductory text

Special Features:

• A new chapter on recent jazz (Chapter 17 "Contemporary jazz: 1980 to the Early 2000s")
• Twenty-one guides for listening to historic recordings
• Appendix for nonmusicians explains the elements of music
• Appendix for musicians illustrates comping, bass lines, modes, chord progressions
• JAZZ CLASSICS CD: 23 historic recordings by Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and others, available at an additional cost
• DEMONSTRATION CD: 171 demonstrations of instruments and methods that jazz musicians use, available at an additional cost
• PRENTICE HALL JAZZ COLLECTION: 12 recordings by jelly Roll Morton, Benny Goodman, Thelonius Monk, Herbie Hancock, John Zorn, Uri Caine, and others

Revue de presse

"...iconoclastic, brilliant, unique ...provocative" ― Jazz Journalists Association

"...a splendid textbook ...a cornerstone for any jazz book collection." ― American Library Association

"...Teaching students HOW to listen and what to listen FOR in jazz ...a highly effective textbook for students who have had little or no exposure to jazz ...a broad, penetrating view of jazz history ...luminously clear..." ― Down Beat

"...a work of immense value not only to educators and players, but also to nonmusicians and jazz fans of all persuasions ...neat summaries of important jazz innovators and musical trends ...an instructor could use the Gridley book to accommodate a wide variety of learning situations..." ― Jazz Times

"...best all-around text on the market..." ― The Black Perspective in Music

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pearson
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0130992828
• ISBN 13: 9780130992826
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 442
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Riccardo Bacigalupo; riccardo.bacigalupo@sanoma.it; ; Sanoma Italia Via Arconati, 1 �; Milano; 20135; Italie