Jazz the basics / Christopher Meeder.

Author/creator Meeder, Christopher
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Routledge,
Descriptionxv, 278 p. ; 21 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects

Contents Fundamentals -- Pre-jazz -- Early jazz recordings -- Louis Armstrong -- The 1920s -- The swing era, part I: big bands -- The swing era, part II: small groups and soloists -- Bebop and the moldy figs -- Charlie Parker -- Thelonious Monk -- The 1950s: the beginning of jazz -- Miles Davis -- Avant-garde jazz of the 1950s and early 1960s -- John Coltrane -- The 1960s, part I: inside -- The 1960s, part II: free jazz -- The 1960s, part III: Chicago -- Postbop pianists -- Fusion -- The 1980s and new conservatism -- The genre busters -- Lately.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 264-266), discography (p. 256-263), and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2007041685
ISBN9780415966931 (hardback)
ISBN9780415966948 (pbk.)
ISBN9780203931455 (ebook)

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