Jazz : the basics / Christopher Meeder.

Author/creator Meeder, Christopher
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Routledge, 2008.
Descriptionxv, 278 pages ; 20 cm.
Subjects
Jazz--History and criticism.
Jazz musicians--United States.

SeriesThe basics
Basics (Routledge (Firm)) ^A611142
Contents 1. Fundamentals -- Improvisation -- Instrumentation and its role within form -- Common jazz wind instruments -- Rhythm and melody -- Rhythm -- Form -- Example: Jones-Smith incorporated, "Oh, lady, be good" -- "Swing" -- Jazz in society -- Race -- Listening to jazz -- 2. Pre-jazz -- Africa -- Europe -- African American music -- Minstrelsy -- Ragtime -- Blues -- Bessie Smith, "Back water blues" -- New Orleans -- James Reese Europe -- Lieut. Jim Europe's 369th Infantry ("Hell Fighters") Band, "Memphis blues" -- Buddy Bolden and origin mythology -- 3. Early jazz recordings -- The Original Dixieland Jazz Band -- The Original Dixieland Jazz Band, "Livery stable blues" -- "Jelly Roll" Morton (1890-1941) -- Joe "King" OLiver (1885-1938) -- Other early recordings -- King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, "Chimes blues" -- 4. Louis Armstrong -- Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra, "Sugar food stomp" -- Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven, "West end blues" -- 5. The 1920s -- The Chicagoans and Bix Beiderbecke -- Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra, "Singin' the blues" -- Stride piano -- Making a lady out of jazz -- 6. The swing era, part I: big bands -- Instrumentation -- Winds -- Rhythm -- Fletcher Henderson -- Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra, "Hotter than 'Ell" -- Duke Ellington -- Count Basie -- Benny Goodman -- Other bands. 7. The swing era, part II: small groups and soloists -- Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young -- Coleman Hawkins, "Body and soul" -- Roy Eldridge -- Art Tatum -- Django Reinhardt -- Billie Holiday -- Billie Holiday with Eddie Heywood and His Orchestra, "Solitude" -- Ella Fitzgerald -- 8. Bebop and the moldy figs -- Elements of bebop style -- Tritone substitution -- Dizzy Gillespie -- "Salt peanuts," Dizzy Gillespie and His All Star Quintet -- Bud Powell -- Other bebop musicians -- 9. Charlie Parker -- Early career -- New York and Dizzy Gillespie -- "Ko-ko," Charlie Parker's Re-Boppers -- Los Angeles and back -- Norman Granz, jazz at the Philharmonic, and Vere Records -- 10. Thelonious Monk -- "Epistrophy," Thelonious Monk -- 11. The 1950s: the beginning of jazz -- Hard bop and soul jazz -- Max Roach and Clifford Brown -- Sonny Rollins -- Art Blakey and Horace Silver -- Cool jazz and the West Coast scene -- Horace Silver and the Jazz Messingers, "Doodlin" -- The Tristano School -- Dave Brubeck -- The Dave Brubeck Quartet, "Take five" -- Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker -- Third Stream -- 12. Miles Davis -- Three biographical treatments of Miles Davis -- Bebop with Parker -- Birth of the cool -- The Prestige albums -- The First Great Quintet -- Gil Evans -- Kind of blue -- The Second Great Quintet -- Early electricity -- Fusion -- Warner Brothers and proto-smooth jazz --
Contents 13. Avant-garde jazz of the 1950s and early 1960s -- Charles Mingus -- "Original Faubus fables," Charles Mingus -- Sun Ra -- Cecil Taylor -- "Conqistador," Cecil Taylor Unit -- Ornette Coleman -- "Cronology," Ornette Coleman Quartet -- 14. John Coltrane -- The early years -- With Miles Davis -- The classic quartet -- The avant-garde -- 15. The 1960s, part I: inside -- Big bands and arrangers of the 1960s -- Bossa nova -- The organ trio -- Blue Note and modal jazz -- 16. The 1960s, part II: free jazz -- Albert Ayler -- Archie Shepp -- Free jazz drummers -- Other free jazz musicians -- 17. The 1960s, part III: Chicago -- The Art Ensemble of Chicago -- Anthony Braxton -- Henry Threadgill -- 18. Postbop pianists -- Bill Evans -- Bill Evans Trio, "Solar," Sunday at the Village Vanguard -- Paul Bley -- Andrew Hill -- Chick Corea -- Keith Jarrett -- 19. Fusion -- The Soft Machine -- Tony Williams and John McLaughlin -- Return to Forever -- Herbie Hancock -- Weather Report -- 20. The 1980s and new conservatism -- Wynton Marsalis and the Young Lions -- Career resurgences and the rise of the box set -- 21. The genre busters -- Improvisation in the United Kingdom -- Downtown New York: No Wave and the Knitting Factory -- Naked City, "You will be shot" -- Smooth jazz -- 22. Lately -- Appendix: recommended recordings -- A note on recordings made before 1930 -- A note on boxed sets -- Recommended recordings.
Abstract This book gives a brief introduction to the history and repertoire of jazz. It is ideal for students and interested listeners who want to learn more about this important musical style. The heart of the book traces jazz's growth from its folk origins through early recordings and New Orleans stars, the big-band and swing era, bebop, cool jazz and third stream, avant-garde, jazz-rock, the neo-conservative movement of the 1980s, and the polystylism of the 1990s. Key figures from each era including: Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, and Wynton Marsalis are highlighted along with classic works. A list of recommended recordings highlights essential listening for anyone who wants to learn more about jazz. This is an excellent introduction to the players, the music, and the styles that make jazz an enduring and well-loved musical style.
Local noteLittle-345791--305131050970Y
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 264-266), discography (pages 253-265), and index.
LCCN 2007041685
ISBN9780415966931 (hardback)
ISBN0415966930 (hardback)
ISBN9780415966948 (pbk.)
ISBN0415966949 (pbk.)
ISBN9780203931455 (ebook)
ISBN0203931459 (ebook)

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Music Music Stacks ML3506 .M38 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold