What Jazz Is
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What Jazz Is All About
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Author : Lillian Erlich
language : en
Publisher: Julian Messner
Release Date : 1975
What Jazz Is All About written by Lillian Erlich and has been published by Julian Messner this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Introduces the history and elements of jazz music with emphasis on the contributions of such famous practitioners of the art as Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Ella Fitzgerald, Woody Herman, and many others.
What Jazz Is
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Author : Jonny King
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
What Jazz Is written by Jonny King and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Jazz categories.
What Is This Thing Called Jazz
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Author : Batt Johnson
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2000-12
What Is This Thing Called Jazz written by Batt Johnson and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-12 with Music categories.
There is no better authority on jazz than the creators, educators, and writers who have made this enigmatic musical style a major force internationally as well as in American history. The answer to the question “what is jazz?” is as complex and diverse as those involved in it. This book takes the question to noted musicians, scholars, and composers, creating a documentary style of oral history that makes you feel as if you are actually in the room as they put the sounds they know as music into words. The ideas from these authentic, personal voices of authority provide a unique perspective that will enlighten the novice and stimulate the professional. Ron Carter, Bassist-“Because they are improvising does not necessarily mean that it is jazz” Buddy Rich,Drums-“Trane to Bird, Diz to Miles, all in the family of jazz, just different children.” Ray Charles, Singer/Pianist-Jazz is the freedom to do what you want within the confines of the chord structure.” Milt Jackson, Vibraphonist-"The era of bebop represents jazz to me.” Chet Baker, Trumpet-Paris “Jazz is a hard swinging rhythm section with everybody playing with the same time feeling.”
Jazz In American Culture
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Author : Peter Townsend
language : en
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date : 2000
Jazz In American Culture written by Peter Townsend and has been published by Univ. Press of Mississippi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.
A persuasive appreciation of what jazz is and of how it has permeated and enriched the culture of America
The Importance Of Jazz Music In Toni Morrison S Jazz
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Author : Elena Kramer
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2009-09
The Importance Of Jazz Music In Toni Morrison S Jazz written by Elena Kramer and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09 with Jazz in literature categories.
Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3, University of Kassel, language: English, abstract: The first reading of Toni Morrison's novel made me wonder why the author chose the title Jazz. It describes the difficulties various African Americans have in integrating themselves into the urban context of the North. The origin of this dilemma lies in unsolved problems, unprocessed experiences and in an incomplete reappraisal of the past. Identity, as it seems, needs to reconcile history and present. Blacks in northern cities at the beginning of the 20th century still suffered from the reverberations of slavery; the Great Migration out of the Old South and into the industrialized North with its promising opportunities had not settled these problems. In this paper, I want to examine jazz music and its function within the thematic frame of the story. Since history is of great importance in the novel, it is necessary to comprehensively outline the historical background of the story, which reaches from the late years of slavery up to the artistic blossom during the Harlem Renaissance. The development of the jazz culture then serves as a starting point for the analysis of musical elements in the novel. This embraces structural as well as stylistic parallels and also comments on the function of the unconventional narrator. The focus then turns to the main characters of the story, Joe and Violet Trace, to the problems they have with themselves and their marriage and the solution the author offers. Toni Morrison suggests that the problems of alienation and loss of identity result from a missing connection of past and present. A stable identity must be rooted in history, so the denial of one's origin is a dangerous violation of the self. Many studies dealing with Jazz have concentrated on the way Morrison transfers musical elements into a stylistic concept, but I want to show the connection between this narrative technique and th
Jazz In Print 1859 1929
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Author : Karl Koenig
language : en
Publisher: Pendragon Press
Release Date : 2002
Jazz In Print 1859 1929 written by Karl Koenig and has been published by Pendragon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Music categories.
This anthology was compiled to aid the scholar working on the origins and evolution of jazz. Covering materials published through 1929, it also begins with article from 1859 which do not concern jazz directly, but will serve to present a solid foundation for understanding the American music scene from which jazz developed. Chronologically listed and well-indexed, the hundreds of articles comprise, in effect, a history of jazz as it evolved. Beginning with accounts of Negro music in the pre-jazz era, continuing in an exploration of spirituals, followed by a description of ragtime, we finally learn about the development of jazz from its practitioners and informed audiences of the time.
Jazz Styles
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Author : Mark C. Gridley
language : en
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Release Date : 1985
Jazz Styles written by Mark C. Gridley and has been published by Prentice Hall this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Music categories.
This historically organized introduction to most styles that have been documented on records tells what jazz is, how it originated, and how to appreciate improvisation. Focusing mainly on recorded jazz history since 1940 and keyed to titles found in the Smithsonian Collection of Classical Jazz, Gridley offers a chronological presentation of styles in terms of the characteristics of key musicians associated with them. New to this edition are: listening guides for classics by Count Basie, Duke Ellington, and Miles Davis; expanded coverage of 1920s giants Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, and Earl Hines, and of drumming throughout jazz history; and comparisons between Dixieland, swing, bop, free jazz, and jazz/rock. Appendixes cover the elements of music, a guide to record buying, examples of ride rhythms and of twelve-bar blues comping; and drawings and photographs of instrument comparisons. ISBN 0-13-509134-9 (pbk.) $17.95.
Jazz And Justice
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Author : Gerald Horne
language : en
Publisher: Monthly Review Press
Release Date : 2019-06-18
Jazz And Justice written by Gerald Horne and has been published by Monthly Review Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-18 with Music categories.
A galvanizing history of how jazz and jazz musicians flourished despite rampant cultural exploitation The music we call “jazz” arose in late nineteenth century North America—most likely in New Orleans—based on the musical traditions of Africans, newly freed from slavery. Grounded in the music known as the “blues,” which expressed the pain, sufferings, and hopes of Black folk then pulverized by Jim Crow, this new music entered the world via the instruments that had been abandoned by departing military bands after the Civil War. Jazz and Justice examines the economic, social, and political forces that shaped this music into a phenomenal US—and Black American—contribution to global arts and culture. Horne assembles a galvanic story depicting what may have been the era’s most virulent economic—and racist—exploitation, as jazz musicians battled organized crime, the Ku Klux Klan, and other variously malignant forces dominating the nightclub scene where jazz became known. Horne pays particular attention to women artists, such as pianist Mary Lou Williams and trombonist Melba Liston, and limns the contributions of musicians with Native American roots. This is the story of a beautiful lotus, growing from the filth of the crassest form of human immiseration.
Jazz In American Culture
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Author : Burton W. Peretti
language : en
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee
Release Date : 1998-02-01
Jazz In American Culture written by Burton W. Peretti and has been published by Ivan R. Dee this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-02-01 with Music categories.
This history of jazz, spanning the twentieth century, is the first to place it within the broad context of American culture. Burton Peretti argues persuasively that this distinctive American music has been a key thread in the tapestry of the nation’s culture. The music itself, its players and its audience, and the critical debates it has prompted, tell us much about changes in American life since 1910. Mr. Peretti traces the emergence of jazz out of ragtime during a time of tumultuous growth of cites and industries. In the 1920s jazz flourished and symbolized the cultural struggle between modernists and traditionalists. As American sought reassurance and self-esteem during the Great Depression, jazz reached new levels of sophistication in the Swing Era. World War II encouraged rapid changes in popular tastes, and in the postwar decades jazz became both a voice of a globally dominant America and an avant-garde music reflecting social and political turmoil. Today, Mr. Peretti concludes, jazz symbolizes important cultural trends and enjoys a new prestige in a complex musical scene. Jazz in American Culture tells a peculiarly American story, evaluating the music as well as those who created it, and opening new perspectives on our cultural history.
Jazz
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Author : Ronald D. Lankford, Jr.
language : en
Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Release Date : 2011-04-27
Jazz written by Ronald D. Lankford, Jr. and has been published by Greenhaven Publishing LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-27 with Young Adult Nonfiction categories.
Jazz's influence on music in the twentieth century is unparalleled, with derivatives including bebop, funk, hip-hop, psychedelic rock, reggae, Latin soul, and ska. This comprehensive survey of jazz music dives deep into the origins of the genre and explores the history of jazz from its early roots in West African drumming to its modern interpretations. Readers will learn about the defining eras of jazz, pioneering jazz musicians, and the political and historical legacy of this music style.