| Edition |
10th ed. |
| Description |
xv, 514 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-487) and index. |
| Contents |
part I. Basics of jazz. -- What is jazz? -- Appreciating jazz improvisation -- -- part II. Premodern jazz. -- Origins of jazz -- Early jazz : combo jazz prior to the middle 1930s -- Swing : the early 1930s to the late 1940s -- Duke Ellington -- The Count Basie bands -- -- part III. Modern jazz : the early 1940s to the early 1960s. -- Bop : the early 1940s to the early 1950s -- Cool jazz -- Hard bop -- Miles Davis, his groups & sidemen -- John Coltrane -- -- pt. IV. Modern jazz : the early 1960s to the present. -- 1960s and 1970s avant-garde and "free" jazz -- Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, and Keith Jarrett -- Jazz-rock fusion -- 1980 to the present -- Other voices. |
| Subject |
Jazz -- Analysis, appreciation.
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Jazz -- Analysis, appreciation. |
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Style, Musical.
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Style, Musical. |
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Jazz musicians.
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Jazz musicians. |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Gridley, Mark C., 1947- Jazz styles. 10th ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2009 (OCoLC)655170392 |
| ISBN |
0136005896 |
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9780136005896 |
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