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Jazz 101, a complete guide to learning and loving jazz, John F. Szwed

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Jazz 101, a complete guide to learning and loving jazz, John F. Szwed

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-337) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Jazz 101

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

43701707

Responsibility statement

John F. Szwed

Sub title

a complete guide to learning and loving jazz

Summary

Provides an explanation of the basic elements of jazz, traverses the genre's history to see how it evolved, and profiles its key figures, theories, controversies, and role in American culture

Table Of Contents

Recordings and performance -- Defining jazz -- Elements -- Forms -- Improvisation, composition, and arranging -- Sources -- Listening to jazz -- The clubs -- Jazz styles -- The beginnings of jazz -- 1900-1925 : New Orleans -- Beyond New Orleans -- 1925-1940 : swing -- The 1940s : revivalism -- Five who helped make a revolution -- Bebop -- The 1950s : cool jazz -- West Coast jazz -- Hard bop, soul music, and funk -- The organ trio -- Post-bebop improvisation, c. 1956 -- 1959 : multiple revolutions -- Free jazz -- Third stream -- The 1970s -- Jazz-Rock -- The 1980s and 1990s -- Europe -- Acid jazz, drum 'n' bass, neo-swing -- What's next?

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Jazz one hundred one

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