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Product details:
- ISBN-10 : 0199975612
- ISBN-13 : 978-0199975617
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Listening to Jazz offers an engaging introduction to the rich history and culture of jazz. Featuring coverage of all standard periods and genres, this text helps students understand how jazz evolved and how its various styles intersect and blend. A wealth of innovative features, including a series of sidebars, in-depth listening guides, the incorporation of Spanish-Caribbean and women musicians, and historic introductions enhance students’ appreciation for this powerful and important genre of music.
Table contents:
1 INTRODUCING JAZZ
2 PRECURSORS OF JAZZ: 1870s–1890s
3 NEW ORLEANS JAZZ: 1880s–1920
4 CHICAGO JAZZ: LATE 1917–1930
5 NEW YORK JAZZ: 1920s–1930s
6 KANSAS CITY JAZZ: 1920s–1940
7 THE SWING ERA
8 DUKE ELLINGTON
9 SWING-ERA VOCALISTS
10 BEBOP AND BEYOND: 1940s
11 JAZZ IN THE 1950s
12 THE 1960s
13 FIVE VIEWS OF THE MAINSTREAM
14 MANY MOVEMENTS: JAZZ FUSION, NEO-TRADITIONALISM, MAINSTREAM, LARGE ENSEMBLES, AND THE DOWNTOWN SCENE (1970s–1990s)
15 JAZZ TODAY
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