Jazz Styles: History and Analysis

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CONTENTS Preface Acknowledgements 1 INTRODUCTION PART I BASICS OF JAZZ 2 WHAT IS JAZZ? 3 APPRECIATING JAZZ IMPROVISATION PART II PREMODERN JAZZ 4 ORIGINS OF JAZZ 5 EARLY JAZZ: COMBO JAZZ PRIOR TO THE MIDDLE 6 SWING: THE EARLY 1930s TO THE LATE 1940s 7 DUKE ELLINGTON 8 THE COUNT BASIE BANDS PART III MODERN JAZZ: THE EARLY 1940s to the EARLY 1960s 9 BOP: THE EARLY 1940s to the EARLY 1950s 10 COOL JAZZ 11 HARD BOP 12 MILES DAVIS, HIS GROUPS & SIDEMEN 13 JOHN COLTRANE PART IV MODERN JAZZ: THE EARLY 1960s to the PRESENT 14 1960s and 1970s AVANT-GARDE and FREE JAZZ 15 BILL EVANS, HERBIE HANCOCK, CHICK COREA, and KEITH JARRETT 16 JAZZ-ROCK FUSION 17 1980 to the PRESENT 18 OTHER VOICES APPENDICES Appendix A: Brief Outline of Jazz Styles Appendix B: Elements of Music Appendix C: Strategies for Buying Recorded Music Appendix D: A Small Basic Collection of Jazz Videos Appendix E: Glossary Appendix F: Supplementary Reading Appendix G: Sources for Solo Transcriptions Appendix H: For Musicians Index

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