Jazz styles / / Mark C. Gridley

• Autore: Gridley Mark C. <1947->
• Pubblicazione: Harlow, England : , : Pearson, , [2014]; ©2014
• Edizione: Eleventh edition, Pearson new international edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (539 pages) : illustrations (some color)
• Disciplina: 781.65
• Soggetto topico: Jazz - Analysis, appreciation; Style, Musical; Jazz musicians
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Table of Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. What Is Jazz? -- 3. Origins of Jazz -- 4. Early Jazz: Combo Jazz Prior to the Middle 1930s -- 5. Swing: The Early 1930s to the Late 1940s -- 6. Duke Ellington -- 7. The Count Basie Bands -- 8. Bop: The Early 1940s to the Early 1950s -- 9. Cool Jazz -- 10. Hard Bop -- 11. Miles Davis, His Groups and Sidemen -- 12. John Coltrane -- 13. 1960s and 1970s Avant-Garde and "Free" Jazz -- 14. Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, and Keith Jarrett -- 15. Jazz-Rock Fusion -- 16. 1980 to the Present -- 17. Other Voices -- Appendix: Brief Outline of Jazz Styles -- Appendix: Elements of Music -- Appendix: Strategies for Buying Recorded Music -- Appendix: A Small Basic Collection of Jazz Videos -- Appendix: Supplementary Reading -- Appendix: For Musicians -- Appendix: Glossary -- Appendix: Sources for Solo Transcriptions -- Demo CD Contents for Jazz Styles, 11th Edition -- List of Recordings -- Index -- 1.
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• Titolo autorizzato: Jazz styles
• ISBN: 1-292-05335-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910153063203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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