Concise Guide to Jazz & Jazz Classics CDs for Concise Guide to Jazz & Jazz Demonstration Disc for Jazz Styles: History and Analysis Package (7th Edition)

Written by active jazz musician and jazz historian Mark Gridley, the Concise Guide to Jazz was created in response to students and professors asking for a clear and accurate introductory jazz text. This brief text examines how jazz originated, how it is made, what to listen for, and the major style eras. By focusing on just over fifty historical figures, Concise Guide to Jazz, seventh edition allows students to understand a broad range of jazz styles without feeling overloaded. Concise Guide to Jazz focuses on the diversity of jazz styles and serves as a basis for further jazz exploration. Cover......Page 1 Title Page......Page 3 Copyright Page......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 Prentice Hall Jazz Collection CD......Page 6 Preface......Page 7 Acknowledgements......Page 9 Chapter 1 WHAT IS JAZZ?......Page 11 Chapter 2 HOW TO LISTEN TO JAZZ......Page 19 Chapter 3 THE ORIGINS OF JAZZ......Page 27 Chapter 4 EARLY JAZZ......Page 40 Chapter 5 SWING......Page 68 Chapter 6 BEBOP......Page 108 Chapter 7 COOL JAZZ......Page 133 Chapter 8 HARD BOP......Page 147 Chapter 9 AVANT-GARDE OF THE 1960S AND 70S......Page 178 Chapter 10 FUSION......Page 205 Chapter 11 1985 TO THE PRESENT......Page 237 Appendices: ELEMENTS OF MUSIC......Page 272 MUSIC BUYING STRATEGIES......Page 297 A SMALL BASIC COLLECTION OF JAZZ VIDEOS......Page 303 B......Page 304 C......Page 305 H......Page 306 N......Page 307 S......Page 308 T......Page 309 W......Page 310 For Musicians......Page 311 F......Page 319 P......Page 320 Z......Page 321 "The book give[s] readers a peek into how jazz musicians put together performances and how their methods have differed from style to style. There is discussion of how jazz originated, and ... provides examples of the roots, the earliest recordings, and many major styles that developed later. Styles are described in ways that should help the reader get more out of listening to them. The music is presented in roughly chronological order, and the historically minded reader can use that order to examine major currents in the history of jazz. This particular book was intended, however, more as a description of the styles themselves rather than a decade-by-decade chronicle of the changing jazz scene. [It] was designed as a smorgasbord of information so readers would have a flexible reference source. [It] can be [used in] an introductory course in jazz appreciation or a single-semester course in jazz history."--Preface "Written by active jazz musician and jazz historian Mark Gridley, the Concise Guide to Jazz was created in response to students and professors asking for a clear and accurate introductory jazz text. This brief text examines how jazz originated, how it is made, what to listen for, and the major style eras. ... Concise Guide to Jazz focuses on the diversity of jazz styles and serves as a basis for further jazz exploration."--Amazon.com This resource is specifically designed with non-majors in mind. It demonstrates key concepts in how jazz is made. These can be taught along with the book's Elements of Music Appendix and Chapter 2, "How to Listen to Jazz," at the beginning of the semester to orient students to the listening they will be doing later in the book. This Jazz Demonstration CD explains 12-bar blues, A-A-B-A form, ride rhythms, walking bass, comping, syncopations, trumpet vs. flugelhorn, clarinet vs. soprano sax vs. alto sax vs. tenor sax vs. baritone sax, Harmon mute, plunger mute, chords, chord changes, blue notes, trombone, vibraphone, and flute Video demonstrates and explains the different basic concepts, techniques, and instrument sounds you hear while listening to jazz