Experiencing jazz / Richard J. Lawn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lawn, Richard, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jazz--History and criticism.

Jazz.

Jazz--Analysis, appreciation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (465 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. ; Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Experiencing Jazz, Second Edition, is an integrated textbook with online resources for jazz appreciation and history courses. Through readings, illustrations, timelines, listening guides, and a streaming audio library, it immerses the reader in a journey through the history of jazz, while placing the music within a larger cultural and historical context. Designed to introduce the novice to jazz, Experiencing Jazz describes the elements of music, and the characteristics and roles of different instruments. Prominent artists and styles from the roots of jazz to present day ar

Contents:

Cover; Experiencing Jazz; Copyright; Contents; Photos; Examples; Figures; Preface; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PART 1 Understanding Jazz; CHAPTER 1 The Nature of Jazz; EXPERIENCING MUSIC . . . EXPERIENCING JAZZ; THAT FOUR-LETTER WORD; DEFINING JAZZ; CHAPTER SUMMARY; STUDY QUESTIONS; CHAPTER 2 The Elements of Jazz; RHYTHM; Meter and Tempo; Rhythmic Devices Important to Jazz; Swing as an Aspect of Jazz Rhythm; MELODY; HARMONY; TEXTURE; FORM; IMPROVISATION; Something Borrowed-The European Tradition; Something New, Something Blue-The Jazz Tradition; Blues; Improvisation in Jazz; CHAPTER SUMMARY; KEY TERMS

STUDY QUESTIONSCHAPTER 3 Listening to Jazz; PERFORMANCE PRACTICE; The Instruments of Jazz; The Drum Set and Swing; Orchestration and Instrumentation; Instrumental Techniques and Special Effects; Special Effects-The Sounds of Jazz; UNDERSTANDING THE WHOLE PERFORMANCE; DESCRIBING THE PERFORMANCE; Video Blues; CHAPTER SUMMARY; KEY TERMS; STUDY QUESTIONS; CHAPTER 4 The Roots of Jazz; JAZZ IN PERSPECTIVE; The Significance of African Music to Jazz; African Musical Aesthetic; Elements of African Music; African Music as a Means of Communication; THE AFRO-LATIN AND CARIBBEAN TINGE; Background

Early FusionsEARLY AMERICAN VOCAL MUSIC; THE INNOVATORS: GETTING THE BLUES; Robert Johnson (1911-1938); BESSIE SMITH (1894-1937); W.C. HANDY-"FATHER OF THE BLUES" (1873-1958); RAGTIME; BRASS AND MILITARY BANDS; MILESTONES: Chronicle of Historic Events; CHAPTER SUMMARY; KEY TERMS; STUDY QUESTIONS; PART 2 Classic Jazz 1917-1945; CHAPTER 5 Jazz Takes Root; JAZZ IN PERSPECTIVE; THE RECEPTION OF EARLY JAZZ; NEW ORLEANS-THE BIRTHPLACE OF JAZZ; Dixieland Jazz Band Instrumentation; THE INNOVATORS: EARLY JAZZ; Original Dixieland Jazz Band; Kid Ory (1890-1973); Joe "King" Oliver (1885-1938)

Lilian Hardin (1898-1971)Jelly Roll Morton (1890-1941); LOUIS ARMSTRONG (1901-1971); Sidney Bechet (1897-1959); MILESTONES: Chronicle of Historic Events; CHAPTER SUMMARY; KEY TERMS; STUDY QUESTIONS; CHAPTER 6 The Jazz Age From Chicago to New York; JAZZ IN PERSPECTIVE; SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO; ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN; THE CHICAGO SOUND; THE INNOVATORS: A FEW OF THE MANY; New Orleans Rhythm Kings (NORK); BIX BEIDERBECKE (1903-1931); FRANKIE "TRAM" TRUMBAUER (1901-1956); Paul Whiteman (1890-1967) and Symphonic Jazz; BOOGIE-WOOGIE, EIGHT TO THE BAR; THE DECLINE OF THE CHICAGO ERA

CHICAGO JAZZ IN RETROSPECTNEW YORK AND THE HARLEM RENAISS; James P. Johnson (1891-1955); MARKETING JAZZ; MILESTONES: Chronicle of Historic Events; CHAPTER SUMMARY; KEY TERMS; STUDY QUESTIONS; CHAPTER 7 The Swing Era: Jazz at Its Peak; JAZZ IN PERSPECTIVE: The Depths of the Depression; THE COUNTRY RECOVERS; THE ANATOMY OF THE SWING ERA JAZZ BAND; Instrumentation; Repertoire and Arrangement; THE INNOVATORS: SWING ON THE EAST COAST; Fletcher Henderson (1897-1952); Coleman Hawkins-"The Father of Jazz Tenor Saxophone"(1904-1969); DUKE ELLINGTON (1899-1974): MUSIC WAS HIS MISTRESS

BENNY GOODMAN-THE "KING OF SWING" (1909-1986)

Notes:

"First published 2007 by The McGraw-Hill Companies"--ECIP title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references, discography, and videography and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-135-04268-3

0-203-37985-3

1-299-38650-4

1-135-04269-1

9780203379851

OCLC:

842853174