Jazz Styles

Mark C. Gridley is an active jazz musician and educator. He has done field research in Africa, the Caribbean, and all the jazz centers of America. His books have been translated into five foreign languages. His articles appear in the Grove Dictionaries of Music, Encyclopaedia Britannica, The Musical Quarterly, The Black Perspective in Music, The Instrumentalist, and Jazz Educators Journal. David Cutler is a jazz and classical composer and pianist. His compositions have been performed throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. He currently serves on the Duquesne University and Brevard Summer Music Festival faculties.

 1. Introduction.
I. BASICS OF JAZZ.

 2. What Is Jazz?
 3. Appreciating Jazz Improvisation.
II. PREMODERN JAZZ.

 4. Origins of Jazz.
 5. Early Jazz.
 6. Swing.
 7. Duke Ellington.
 8. The Count Basie Bands.
III. MODERN JAZZ: THE EARLY 1940s TO THE EARLY 1960s.

 9. Bop.
10. Cool Jazz.
11. Hard Bop.
12. Miles Davis, His Groups and Sidemen.
13. John Coltrane.
IV. MODERN JAZZ: THE EARLY 1960s TO THE EARLY 1990s.

14. 1960s and 70s Avant-Garde and “Free” Jazz.
15. Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, and Keith Jarrett.
16. Jazz-Rock Fusion.
17. Contemporary Jazz: 1980 to the Early 2000's.
18. So, What Is Jazz?
APPENDIX.

Chronology of Jazz Styles Chart.
Elements of Music.
Buying Strategies.
Guide to Jazz Videos.
Glossary.
Supplementary Reading.
Sources for Notated Jazz Solos.
For Musicians.
Index.