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Author : Wise Publications
Publisher : Wise Publications
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 35,17 MB
Release : 1999-04-08
Category : Music
ISBN : 1783234156
Instant no-frills arrangements of over 190 great jazz standards. Each song consists of melody line, chord symbols and lyrics (where appropriate). That's all there is to it! Just open the book and start playing.
Author : Joachim-Ernst Berendt
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 1151 pages
File Size : 34,99 MB
Release : 2009-08-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 1613746040
For fifty years The Jazz Book has been the most encyclopedic interpretive history of jazz available in one volume. In this new seventh edition, each chapter has been completely revised and expanded to incorporate the dominant styles and musicians since the book’s last publication in 1992, as well as the fruits of current research about earlier periods in the history of jazz. In addition, new chapters have been added on John Zorn, jazz in the 1990s and beyond, samplers, the tuba, the harmonica, non-Western instruments, postmodernist and repertory big bands, how the avant-garde has explored tradition, and many other subjects. With a widespread resurgence of interest in jazz, The Jazz Book will continue well into the 21st century to fill the need for information about an art form widely regarded as America’s greatest contribution to the world’s musical culture.
Author : Leonard Feather
Publisher : Edizioni Savine
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 21,15 MB
Release : 2017-02-07
Category : Music
ISBN : 8899914044
ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION (1957) - Jazz at last has matured to a full-fledged art, not only in this country, hut throughout the world as well. What has been known as an American folk music is now becoming an international form of expression, with artists in all countries constantly exchanging ideas and expanding the limits of their medium. No longer is it possible for the well-informed person, the person interested in the latest developments in the art world, to relegate jazz to the realm of simple, untutored, dance-hall music. Leonard Feather, author of the famous Encyclopedia of Jazz series, has written this hook for the widest possible audience—from the newcomer to the field who asks the basic, most-difficult-to-answer question, “What is jazz?,” to the jazz musician himself (one of whom recently asked, “Who is Bessie Smith?”). Here is a guide to jazz in all its phases: its nature, its sources, instruments, sounds, performers-and the future of jazz.A large part of the book consists of chapters devoted to the story of the role played by each instrument and its major performers. Each history begins with a non-technical discussion of the instrument itself: its function, its range, how it was first used and how it is now used in jazz. It goes on to tell about the artists themselves and how they developed the instrument, their special contribution and their relative importance in the entire world of jazz. From this unique approach emerges a clear and fascinating picture of jazz.The section titled “The Anatomy of Improvisation" presents for the first time actual musical illustrations of the jazz improvisations of 15 of the great soloists from Louis Armstrong and Benny Goodman to Art Tatum, Lester Young and Dizzy Gillespie. Each solo is studied in detail and with a clarity as enlightening to the listener as to the musician. These solos lead into a unique analysis of the nature of jazz —its harmony, rhythm and structure—and show how it has evolved from the music of the earliest days through ragtime, swing and hop to the latest innovations.In chapters devoted to the origins of jazz, the new evidence is bound to gain the attention of the entire jazz world. Drawing on conversations with musicians from various parts of the country, this section sheds new light on the particular places where jazz was first played. By exploring the sources, it reveals why jazz had its beginnings in the United States and what musical influences and social forces combined to produce this music.In a chapter entitled “Jazz and Bace,” the whole story of racial discrimination in jazz is presented in unprecedented detail. It tells of the early segregation in bands, of the gradual breaking down of the color barriers first by the musicians themselves and then by the public, and of the problems still to be resolved.To this illuminating guide, Leonard Feather brings his many years of experience in the jazz field both as critic and musician. For the person who has long sought a true guide to the enthralling world of jazz; for the student, the fan and the musician to whom jazz is an exciting territory, THE BOOK OF JAZZ provides the much-needed succinct story of this important new art form of the twentieth century.
Author : Ted Gioia
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 609 pages
File Size : 14,92 MB
Release : 2021
Category : Jazz
ISBN : 0190087218
A panoramic history of the genre brings to life the diverse places in which jazz evolved, traces the origins of its various styles, and offers commentary on the music itself
Author : Paul Whiteman
Publisher :
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 41,27 MB
Release : 1926
Category : Jazz
ISBN :
Author : Kevin Whitehead
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 48,55 MB
Release : 2011-01-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 0199753105
What was the first jazz record? Are jazz solos really improvised? How did jazz lay the groundwork for rock and country music? In Why Jazz?, author and NPR jazz critic Kevin Whitehead provides lively, insightful answers to these and many other fascinating questions, offering an entertaining guide for both novice listeners and long-time fans. Organized chronologically in a convenient question and answer format, this terrific resource makes jazz accessible to a broad audience, and especially to readers who've found the music bewildering or best left to the experts. Yet Why Jazz? is much more than an informative Q&A; it concisely traces the century-old history of this American and global art form, from its beginnings in New Orleans up through the current postmodern period. Whitehead provides brief profiles of the archetypal figures of jazz--from Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington to Wynton Marsalis and John Zorn--and illuminates their contributions as musicians, performers, and composers. Also highlighted are the building blocks of the jazz sound--call and response, rhythmic contrasts, personalized performance techniques and improvisation--and discussion of how visionary musicians have reinterpreted these elements to continually redefine jazz, ushering in the swing era, bebop, cool jazz, hard bop, and the avant-garde. Along the way, Why Jazz? provides helpful plain-English descriptions of musical terminology and techniques, from "blue notes" to "conducted improvising." And unlike other histories which haphazardly cover the stylistic branches of jazz that emerged after the 1960s, Why Jazz? groups latter-day musical trends by decade, the better to place them in historical context. Whether read in self-contained sections or as a continuous narrative, this compact reference presents a trove of essential information that belongs on the shelf of anyone who's ever been interested in jazz.
Author : Langston Hughes
Publisher : Ecco
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 31,11 MB
Release : 1997-09-21
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780880015523
An introduction to jazz which focuses on its historical development.
Author : Leonard Feather
Publisher : Horizon Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 25,13 MB
Release : 1988-06-01
Category : Jazz
ISBN : 9780818012020
Discusses the role of each instrument in the development of jazz and profiles major performers as well as describing the origins and development of this truly American art form. Bibliogs
Author : Joachim Ernst Berendt
Publisher :
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 19,34 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Music
ISBN :
Author : James Lincoln Collier
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 49,42 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Music
ISBN :
This is the definitive history of America's most enduring native music. Beginning with the African tribal music transported here by black slaves, the author traces the roots of jazz through the blues, the New Orleans style, ragtime, swing, bebop, the cool school, free jazz, and the recent fusion of jazz and rock. He offers insightful analyses of the musical figures and colorations that distinguish individual artists' styles and compositions, with separate chapters devoted to the giants: Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, Jelly Roll Morton, Bessie Smith, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, and John Coltrane. A profusion of rare photographs and a selected discography of the all-time great jazz albums round out this book as a listener's bible.