Jazz Styles

Biref Contents



Table of Contents
CD Listing
Table of Contents



Preface
Acknowledgements



INTRODUCTION

PART I BASICS OF JAZZ

WHAT IS JAZZ?
APPRECIATING JAZZ IMRPOVISATION

PART II PREMODERN JAZZ

ORIGINS OF JAZZ
EARLY JAZZ: COMBO JAZZ PRIOR TO THE MIDDLE 1930s
SWING: THE EARLY 1930s TO THE LATE 1940s
DUKE ELLINGTON
THE COUNT BASIE BANDS

PART III MODERN JAZZ: THE EARLY 1940s TO THE EARLY 1950s

BOP: THE EARLY 1940s TO THE EARLY 1950s
COOL JAZZ
HARD BOP
MILES DAVIS, HIS GROUPS & SIDEMEN
JOHN COLTRANE

PART IV MODERN JAZZ: THE EARLY 1960s TO THE PRESENT

1960s AND 1970s AVANTE-GARDE AND "FREE" JAZZ
BILL EVANS, HERBIE HANCOCK, CHICK COREA, AND KEITH JARRETT
JAZZ-ROCK FUSION
1980 TO THE PRESENT
OTHER VOICES

APPENDICES

Appendix A: BREIF OUTLINE OF JAZZ STYLES
Appendix B: ELEMENTS OF MUSIC
Appendix C: STRATEGIES FOR BUYING RECORDED MUSIC
Appendix D: A SMALL BASIC COLLECTION OF JAZZ VIDEOS
Appendix E: GLOSSARY
Appendix F: SUPPLEMENTARY READING
Appendix G: SOURCES FOR SOLO TRANSSCRIPTIONS
Appendix H: FOR MUSICIANS

INDEX

2. CD Listing
Track Listing
Please refer to the text page number, shown in bold, to view the Listening Guide for each selection.

CD 1

African Retentions Sequence
1. Street Cries of Charleston (Trad.) [0:30]. African American male street vendor; p. 51.
Courtesy of The Concord Music Group
2. Porgy and Bess: Fisherman, Strawberry, Devil Crab (Gershwin) [0:49]. Miles Davis instrumentally imitating the cry of an African American male street vendor, accompanied by the Gil Evans Orchestra; p. 51.
Originally released 1959. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
3. Hunter's Dance excerpt (Trad.) [0:36]. West African field recording; p. 52.
Courtesy of Essential Media Group
4. One Day excerpt (Trad.) [0:30]. The Angelic Gospel Singers and The Dixie Hummingbirds; p. 53.
Originally released 1952. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
5. One O’Clock Jump excerpt (Basie) [0:33]. Count Basie; p. 53.
Originally released 1942. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
6. Birdland excerpt (J. Zawinul) [0:25]. Weather Report with Joseph Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, and Jaco Pastorius; p. 53.
(P) 1977 Sony Music Entertainment
Historic Recordings
7. Dixie Jazz Band One-Step (D. LaRocca-Joe Jordan) [2:35]. The Original Dixieland Jazz Band; p. 62.
Originally released 1917. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
8. Wolverine Blues (Morton) [3:19]. Jelly Roll Morton, Johnny Dodds, and Baby Dodds; p. 66.
Originally released 1927. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
9. Singing the Blues (J.R. Robinson-C. Conrad-S. Lewis-J. Young) [2:58]. Frankie Trumbauer and his Orchestra featuring Bix Beiderbecke; p. 84.
Originally released 1927. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
10. West End Blues (J. Oliver-C. Williams) [3:14]. Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five featuring Earl Hines; p. 76.
Originally released 1928. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
11. Hotter Than That (L. Armstrong) [2:58]. Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five; p. 80.
Originally released 1928. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
12. Handful of Keys (Fats Waller) [2:43]. Fats Waller; p. 71.
Originally released 1929. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
13. You’ve Got to Be Modernistic (J. P. Johnson) [3:11]; James P. Johnson; p. 74.
Originally released 1930. Courtesy of The Verve Music Group, under license from Universal Music Enterprises
14. Walkin’ and Swingin’ (Mary Lou Williams) [2:38]. Andy Kirk band featuring Mary Lou Williams; p. 114.
Originally released 1936. Courtesy of The Verve Music Group, under license from Universal Music Enterprises
15. Seven Come Eleven (Goodman-Christian) [2:48]. Benny Goodman Sextet, featuring Charlie Christian and Lionel Hampton; p. 116.
Originally released 1940. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
16. After You’ve Gone (H. Creamer-J. Layton) [2:36]. Roy Eldridge with The Gene Krupa Orchestra; p. 109.
Originally released 1941. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
17. How Deep is the Ocean? (Irving Berlin) [3:18]. Coleman Hawkins; p. 108.
Originally released 1943. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
18. Voodte excerpt (Coleman Hawkins) [1:50]. Coleman Hawkins; p. 108.
Originally released 1943. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
19. Cottontail excerpt (Ben Webster; arr. Duke Ellington) [0:97]. Ella Fitzgerald and the Duke Ellington Orchestra; p. 122.
Originally released 1965. Courtesy of The Verve Music Group under license from Universal Music Enterprises
20. Cottontail (Ben Webster; arr. Duke Ellington) [3:06]. Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra featuring Ben Webster; p. 133.
Originally released 1940. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
21. Harlem Airshaft (Ellington) [2:57]. Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra featuring Cootie Williams and Barney Bigard; p. 138.
Originally released 1940. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
22. Transblucency (Lawrence Brown-Duke Ellington) [2:57]. Duke Ellington, Lawrence Brown, Jimmy Hamilton, Kay Davis, and Oscar Pettiford; p.144.
Originally released 1946 All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
23. Prelude to a Kiss (Ellington) [4:39]. Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra featuring Johnny Hodges; p. 141.
Originally released 1957. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
24. Taxi War Dance (Basie-L. Young) [2:49]. Count Basie and His Orchestra featuring Lester Young; p. 153.
Originally released 1939. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
25. Lester Leaps In (L. Young) [3:13]. Count Basie and His Kansas City Seven featuring Lester Young; p. 158.
Originally released 1939. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
26. Shaw ’Nuff (Gillespie-Parker) [3:01] Dizzy Gillespie and His All-Star Quintette featuring Charlie Parker; p. 183.
Originally released 1945. Courtesy of Savoy Label Group
27. Things to Come (G. Fuller) [2:45]. Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra; p. 170.
Originally released 1946. Courtesy of Savoy Label Group
28. Four Brothers (Giuffre) [2:48]. Woody Herman's Thundering Herd, featuring Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, Herbie Steward, and Serge Chaloff; p. 189.
Originally released 1947. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
29. Misterioso (Monk) [3:20]. Thelonious Monk and Milt Jackson; p. 175.
Originally released 1948. Courtesy of Blue Note Records, Under License from EMI Music Marketing. Blue Note® is a registered trademark of Capitol Records, Inc.
30. Just Friends (John Klenner & Sam Lewis) [3:30]. Charlie Parker with strings; p.168.
Originally released 1949. Courtesy of The Verve Music Group under license from Universal Music Enterprises
31. Body and Soul (Green-Heyman-Sour-Eyton) [3:42]. Sarah Vaughan and Ray Brown; p. 192.
(P) 1978 The Concord Music Group. Courtesy of The Concord Music Group

CD 2

1. No Figs (Tristano) [2:51]. Metronome All Stars featuring Lennie Tristano, Lee Konitz, and Stan Getz; p. 205.
Originally released 1950. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
2. My Lady (Russo) [3:47]. Stan Kenton Orchestra featuring Lee Konitz; p. 208.
Originally released 1952. Courtesy of Capitol Records, Inc., Under License from EMI Music Marketing
3. A Trumpet (Robert Graettinger) [4:46]; Stan Kenton Orchestra featuring Maynard Ferguson; p. 214.
Originally released 1953. Courtesy of Capitol Records, Inc., Under License from EMI Music Marketing
4. Blue Rondo a la Turk (Brubeck) [6:48]. Dave Brubeck Quintet featuring Paul Desmond; p. 222.
Originally released 1959. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
5. Señor Blues (Silver) [7:00]. Horace Silver Quintet featuring Hank Mobley and Donald Byrd; p. 235.
Originally released 1956. Courtesy of Blue Note Records, Under License from EMI Music Marketing. Blue Note® is a registered trademark of Capitol Records, Inc
6. Kiss and Run (Coslow) [7:28]. Sonny Rollins, Clifford Brown, and Max Roach; p. 247.
Originally released 1956. Courtesy of The Concord Music Group
7. Cranky Spanky (Hardman) [7:53]. Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers featuring Jackie McLean; p. 243.
Originally released 1956. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
8. Maiden Voyage (Hancock) [7:53]. Herbie Hancock featuring Freddie Hubbard; p. 239.
Originally released 1965 Courtesy of Blue Note Records, Under License from EMI Music Marketing. Blue Note® is a registered trademark of Capitol Records, Inc.
9. Flamenco Sketches (Bill Evans & Miles Davis) [9:25]. Miles Davis Sextet featuring John Coltrane and Cannonball Adderley; p. 269.
Originally released 1959. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
10. Masqualero (W. Shorter) [8:52]. Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams; p. 278.
Originally released 1967. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
11. Afro-Blue (Mongo Santamaria) [7:41]. John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, and Elvin Jones; p. 299.
Originally recorded 1963. Courtesy of The Concord Music Group
12. Civilization Day (Coleman) [6:04]. Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, Charlie Haden, and Billy Higgins; p. 311.
(P) 1972 Sony Music Entertainment

CD 3

1. Fables of Faubus (Mingus) [8:13]. Charles Mingus; p. 322.
Originally released 1959. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
2. Ghosts: First Variation (Ayler) [5:13]. Albert Ayler, Gary Peacock, and Sunny Murray; p. 317.
Originally released 1964. Courtesy of ESP Records
3. Solar (Chuck Wayne) [8:52]. Bill Evans, Scott LaFaro, and Paul Motian; p. 242.
Originally released 1961. Courtesy of The Concord Music Group
4. Steps (C. Corea) [5:03]. Chick Corea, Miroslav Vitous, and Roy Haynes; p. 352.
Originally released 1968. Courtesy of Blue Note Records, Under License from EMI Music Marketing. Blue Note® is a registered trademark of Capitol Records, Inc.
5. Sundial, Part 1 (Keith Jarrett) [8:54]. Keith Jarrett; p. 357.
Originally released 1976, © 1977. Courtesy of ECM Records GmbH
6. Surucucu (W. Shorter) [4:18]. Weather Report, featuring Josef Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, Miroslav Vitous, Dom Um Roman, and Eric Gravatt; p. 377.
(P) 1972 Sony Music Entertainment
7. Chameleon excerpt (Hancock) [6:46]. Herbie Hancock, Bennie Maupin, Paul Jackson, Bill Summers, and Harvey Mason; p. 383.
(P) 1973 Sony Music Entertainment
8. Above & Below (Randy Brecker) [7:05]. Michael and Randy Brecker; p. 402.
(P) 1992 The Verve Music Group. Courtesy of The Verve Music Group under license form Universal Music Enterprises
9. Red Emma (Dave Douglas) [4:55]. Tiny Bell Trio: Dave Douglas, Brad Shepik, and Jim Black; p. 407.
(P) 1994 Songlines Recordings; Courtesy of Songlines Recordings
10. Miami (J. Marquez) [5:34]. Paquito D’Rivera and Jorge Dalto; p. 413.
(P) 1982 Sony Music Entertainment
11. Express Crossing (Wynton Marsalis) [5:11]. Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra featuring Wynton Marsalis; p. 420.
(P) 1997 Sony Music Entertainment
12. Baseball (Carla Bley) [7:46]. Carla Bley, Larry Goldings, and Gary Valente; p. 431.

Originally released 1999. Courtesy of ECM Records GmbH Available for separate purchase as a Downloadable Package through a special access code card, ISBN 0205205984. ISBN 0205036864