Experiencing jazz

by Lawn, Richard

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Title Statements

Full title :Experiencing jazz / Richard J. Lawn, Professor Emeritus, College of Performing Arts at the University of the Arts.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2013.
Edition:Second edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:New York, NY
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013.

Notes

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

The Physical Object

Description:xxviii, 436 pages : : illustrations ; : 28 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780415699600, 0415699606, 9780415659352, 0415659353, 9780415837354, 0415837359
oclc:ocn764304925
LC Classification:ML3506
Dewey Decimal:781.65

Part I: Understanding jazz. The nature of jazz ; The elements of jazz ; Listening to jazz ; The roots of jazz -- Part II: Classic jazz 1917-1945. Jazz takes root ; The jazz age : from Chicago to New York ; The swing era : jazz at its peak ; Swinging across the country : the bands, singers and pianists -- Part III: Modern jazz. The bebop revolution ; The 1950s and early 1960s : cool, intellectual and abstract jazz -- Part IV: Post-modern jazz. Tradition meets the avant-garde : moderns and early post-moderns coexist ; Miles and miles of Miles : Miles Davis and his sidemen redefine postmodern jazz ; The electric 1970s and 1980s ; The unplugged, eclectic 1970s and 1980s ; Jazz for a new century -- Appendix I: Glossary of terms -- Appendix II: Suggested jazz DVDs and videos -- Appendix III: Chapter notes and additional sources.