The complete idiot's guide to jazz / Alan Axelrod
Publication details: U.S.A : Alpha books, c1999Description: xx, 347 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0028627318
- 23 973 AXE
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Contents
PAR 1. DOWNBEAT
1. If you have to ask, you'll never know
2. Changing venues: Where to find jazz today
3. Sharp ears, cool head, big heart
PART 2: THE SOUNDS OF JAZZ
4. Black and blue
5. It's instrumental
6. The jazz singer
PART 3. BACKBEAT
7. Lively fossils: The prehistory of Jazz
8. Down in the big easy: Jazz born
9. Toddlin' Town and Harlem renaissance classic jazz
10. Limelight and legends: The soloist takes center stage
11. IF IT ain't got that saying: The first big bands
12. Long live the kings of swing
13. Being Bop: life after swing
14. When cool school was in session
PART 4: THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE
15. Diving into the main stream
16. A swim in the third stream: Jazz with a classical accent
17. Dash of salsa and bit of Bossa Nova: jazz goes Latin
18. Bopping harder: hard bop takes a stand
Includes Index p. 327-347
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