Jazz Styles: History and Analysis - Softcover

Gridley, Mark C.

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9780131896642: Jazz Styles: History and Analysis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131896644 ISBN 13: 9780131896642

Publisher: Pearson, 2003

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For undergraduate courses in Introduction to Jazz and History of Jazz.

This broad and encompassing survey provides a rich, informative, and chronological study of jazz, with insightful commentaries on it's origins, and full descriptions of the various styles of jazz and the personalities that have contributed to this innovative form of music. The text helps musicians and non-musicians alike increase their appreciation and enjoyment of jazz.

When purchased packaged with Jazz Styles the Jazz Classics and Jazz Demonstration CD's are available at a discounted price. Want to include more historical recordings for your study of jazz? Order a text package that includes the FREE Prentice Hall Jazz Collection CD. Click on PACKAGE OPTIONS on the left for more details.

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Review:

"...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

From the Back Cover:

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

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