Experiencing jazz

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Main Author: Lawn, Richard
Format: Book
Published: New York, NY Routledge 2013
Edition:2nd ed
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Table of Contents:
  • nderstanding jazz. The nature of jazz ; The elements of music in jazz ; Listening to jazz ; The roots of jazz
  • Classic jazz. Jazz takes root ; The jazz age : from Chicago to New York ; The swing era : jazz at its peak ; Swinging across the country : the bands, singers & pianists
  • Modern jazz. The bebop revolution ; The fifties and early sixties cool, intellectual and abstract jazz
  • Post-modern jazz. Tradition meets the avant-garde : moderns and early post-moderns coexist ; Miles and miles of Miles : Miles Davis and his sidemen ; The electric 1970s and 1980s ; The unplugged, eclectic 1970s and 1980s ; Jazz for a new century. Understanding jazz. The nature of jazz ; The elements of music in jazz ; Listening to jazz ; The roots of jazz
  • Classic jazz. Jazz takes root ; The jazz age : from Chicago to New York ; The swing era : jazz at its peak ; Swinging across the country