Jazz - Softcover

Reinard, John C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072320281 ISBN 13: 9780072320282

Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill, 2001

Synopsis

From big band to big bandwidth, the ninth edition of "Jazz" takes students on a musical journey through the changing styles and the fascinating history of jazz - newly supplemented with software and Internet materials. With a strong emphasis on listening and a photographic programme, "Jazz" offers an insider's view of the most important music, artists, clubs, and precursors in jazz history. New additions to the ninth edition include: personal accounts by major players in the scene; the "Witness to Jazz" section, which takes students inside the sessions, giving them a firsthand view of the lively context surrounding the growth of this uniquely American art form; useful listening software; and an interactive Online Learning Center filled with teaching and learning aids.

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From the Publisher:

Jazz Listening Software: Listening guide software is available for free download from the book website. The software offers real-time listening guides that navigate you through the pieces on the Jazz CD set.
'Witness to Jazz': A new series of essays featuring the images of reknowned photographer William Gottlieb. These pieces give students a sense of the jazz experience by conveying personal anecdotes about musicians like Dizzy Gillespie, Mary Lou Williams, and Louis Armstrong.
Listening-based approach: Jazz is designed primarily to serve an audience of students outside the music major. For that reason, the text pays specific attention to the appreciation and understanding of jazz as a listener, instead of as a historian or performer.
Student-focused: In keeping with the text's focus on the non-major, key terms and fundamentals are called out and discussed.
Detailed listening guides: To further improve the accessibility of the text, the listening guides include extensive detail so that novice listeners do not become confused or lost within a piece.
Summary, Suggestions for Further Listening, Additional Reading: Further support for the new student of jazz comes in the form of these three chapter closing elements. The Summary reviews the chapter material - names, styles, recordings - to provide a handy reference for study. The Suggestions for Further Listening and for Additional Reading offer a stepping off point from which students can expand their study of an individual, a style, or a period.
Free Audio CD: Each copy of the text comes with a complimentary audio CD featuring recordings that illustrate the variations that create jazz styles.

About this edition

• Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0072320281
• ISBN 13: 9780072320282
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 388