Concise Guide to Jazz, Fifth Edition
(Abridged Edition of Jazz Styles)
The Concise Guide to Jazz contains 109 photos and is 295 pages in 11 chapters, with 5 appendices and 2 compact discs of 38 historic recordings and a compact disc of 171 narrated demonstrations of instruments, song forms, and strategies used to make jazz.
"...clearly a text designed to fit a ten-week college quarter; but it can also serve nicely as an
informative introduction to jazz for novice fans...Gridley manages to touch most of the important
musical bases with chapters devoted to early jazz, swing, bebop, cool jazz, hard bop, avant-garde,
and fusion...a few hours with The Concise Guide to Jazz will add immeasurably to one's enjoyment
of the music" --Jazz Forum
"...The best approach to contemporary Jazz education..." --Jazz Times
The author tells what jazz is, how it originated, and how it is made. He emphasizes effective strategies to get the most out of listening to jazz. Focusing on 40 of the most historically significant musicians, Gridley offers a basic, first-time orientation to jazz.
FEATURES
Chapters
Appendix
Index |
| Drums Audience view of drum set &n Guitar and banjo Tuba | Clarinet and soprano sax Alto, tenor, and baritone saxophone Cornet, trumpet, fluegelhorn, and trombone Bass guitar |
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Metronome All-Stars
Charles Mingus Chick Corea, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette, and Wayne Shorter Dizzy Gillespie Benny Goodman Lester Young and Jo Jones Ray Brown Jim Hall J.J. Johnson The Superior Orchestra A black military brass band of the Civil War period Scott Joplin Ory's Woodland Band Sidney Bechet Eureka Brass Band Ma Rainey Joe "King" Oliver's Creole Jazz Band of 1923 Original Dixieland Jass Band Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers James P. Johnson Earl Hines Fats Waller Louis Armstrong The ODJB playing into acoustic recording horns Bix Beiderbecke Louis Armstrong singing Bessie Smith Duke Ellington's 1942 band Jimmy Blanton Sonny Greer Roy Eldridge Coleman Hawkins The 1938 Count Basie band Count Basie Lester Young Art Tatum Billie Holiday Teddy Wilson Ella Fitzgerald Benny Goodman band of 1936 The Duke Ellington Band of the 1930s Cootie Williams Johnny Hodges Charlie Parker and Miles Davis Charlie Mingus, Roy Haynes, Thelonious Monk, and Charlie Parker Max Roach Charlie Parker The Dizzy Gillespie Big Band Thelonious Monk Bud Powell | Dexter Gordon Sarah Vaughan Stan Getz The Modern Jazz Quartet Gerry Mulligan, Larry Bunker, Chet Baker, and Lee Konitz Lennie Tristano Lee Konitz The "Birth of the Cool" band Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker The Dave Brubeck Quartet Stan Kenton's 1947 band Cannonball Adderley Art Blakey Horace Silver Cannonball Adderley, Paul Chambers, John Coltrane, and Miles Davis Miles Davis playing into Harmon mute Clifford Brown Freddie Hubbard Cannonball Adderley and Nat Adderley Clifford Brown and Sonny Rollins John Coltrane Wes Montgomery Cecil Taylor Albert Ayler Ornette Coleman Cecil Taylor and Buell Neidlinger The John Coltrane Quartet of 1962 John Coltrane playing soprano sax Ornette Coleman's band minus Coleman Bill Evans Chick Corea and John Pattitucci Tony Williams John McLaughlin Wayne Shorter, Miroslav Vitous, and Joe Zawinul Jaco Pastorius Herbie Hancock Chick Corea DJ Logic Herbie Hancock, Buster Williams, Bennie Maupin, and Eddie Henderson Miles Davis band of 1982 John Zorn David Sanborn Michael Brecker Keith Jarrett Joe Henderson Wayne Shorter Dave Douglas Tito Puente Miles Davis playing into cup mute Quentin Jackson playing into plunger mute Dicky Wells playing into straight mute | |
| Description | ISBN | Prentice Hall Online |
| Concise Guide to Jazz, Fifth Edition, Paperback Only | 0-13-173331-1 | Order Item |
| Jazz Classics CDs Only | 0-13-173332-X | Order Item |
| Concise Guide Demonstration CD Only | 0-13-173333-8 | Order Item |