Know-it-all jazz: the 50 crucial concepts, styles & performers, each explained in under a minute 9780760361214, 0760361215

Table of contents :
Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
CONTENTS
Introduction
The Shape of Jazz
GLOSSARY
Bands, Big & Small
How the Parts Function
How Do They Know What to Play?
The Jazz Language & How It's Learned
Profile: Duke Ellington
Where Jazz Was Played in the Past
Where Jazz Is Played Now
The Diversity of Styles
Styles of Jazz
GLOSSARY
New Orleans & Classic Jazz
Swing
Orchestral Jazz
Bebop to Hard Bop
Profile: Charlie Parker
Bossa Nova to Freedom
Jazz Rock & Fusion
European Jazz
Instruments of Jazz
GLOSSARY
Trumpet & Trombone
Saxophone
Clarinet & Flute
Piano & Keyboards. Bass: Double Bass & Bass GuitarProfile: Louis Armstrong
Drums & Percussion
Guitar: Acoustic & Electric
Vocal Jazz
GLOSSARY
Divas
Great American Songbook: the Men
Great American Songbook: the Women
Jazz Entertainers
Profile: Ella Fitzgerald
Vocal Groups
Scat & Vocalese
Contemporaries
Classic Jazz Albums
GLOSSARY
Louis Armstrong: Satch Plays Fats
Benny Goodman: The Complete Legendary 1938 Carnegie Hall Concert
Count Basie: The Atomic Mr. Basie
Profile: Miles Davis
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
John Coltrane: A Love Supreme
Weather Report: Heavy Weather. Michael Brecker: Michael BreckerKeith Jarrett: The Köln Concert
Jazz & the Blues
GLOSSARY
A Shared History
Early Blues
Jazz Meets the Blues
Big Bands & the Blues
Profile: B.B. King
Boogie-Woogie
Electric Guitar Blues
The Route to Blues-Rock
Today Is the Question
GLOSSARY
Citizens of the World
Beyond Bop
Technophiles
Maverick Adventurers
Profile: Craig Taborn
Avant-Now
Piano Trio
Neo-Soul Jazz
Resources
Notes on Contributors
Index
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
R
S
T
V
W
Y
Z
Acknowledgments.

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