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Jazz Styles

Mark C. Gridley

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Description:This historically organized introduction to most styles that have been documented on records tells what jazz is, how it originated, and how to appreciate improvisation. Focusing mainly on recorded jazz history since 1940 and keyed to titles found in the Smithsonian Collection of Classical Jazz, Gridley offers a chronological presentation of styles in terms of the characteristics of key musicians associated with them. New to this edition are: listening guides for classics by Count Basie, Duke Ellington, and Miles Davis; expanded coverage of 1920s giants Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, and Earl Hines, and of drumming throughout jazz history; and comparisons between Dixieland, swing, bop, free jazz, and jazz/rock. Appendixes cover the elements of music, a guide to record buying, examples of ride rhythms and of twelve-bar blues comping; and drawings and photographs of instrument comparisons. ISBN 0-13-509134-9 (pbk.) $17.95.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Jazz Styles. To get started finding Jazz Styles, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 468

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Prentice Hall

Release: 1985

ISBN: DjAYAQAAIAAJ

Description: This historically organized introduction to most styles that have been documented on records tells what jazz is, how it originated, and how to appreciate improvisation. Focusing mainly on recorded jazz history since 1940 and keyed to titles found in the Smithsonian Collection of Classical Jazz, Gridley offers a chronological presentation of styles in terms of the characteristics of key musicians associated with them. New to this edition are: listening guides for classics by Count Basie, Duke Ellington, and Miles Davis; expanded coverage of 1920s giants Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, and Earl Hines, and of drumming throughout jazz history; and comparisons between Dixieland, swing, bop, free jazz, and jazz/rock. Appendixes cover the elements of music, a guide to record buying, examples of ride rhythms and of twelve-bar blues comping; and drawings and photographs of instrument comparisons. ISBN 0-13-509134-9 (pbk.) $17.95.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Jazz Styles. To get started finding Jazz Styles, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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