Jazz

Chapter 1: Listening to Jazz An Overview Historical Frame of Reference Understanding Jazz What to Listen for in Jazz Listening Guidelines Summary For Further Study Notes Chapter 2: Jazz Heritages African and European Influences Interpretation and Content African Influences European Influences African Americans in the Early Colonies Creole Music Field Hollers (Cries) Work Songs Minstrels Religious Music Marching Bands Summary For Furthur Study Additional Reading Resources Notes Chapter 3: The Blues The Origin Blue Notes Field and Prison Hollers Blues Lyrics Country and Urban Blues Singing the Blues Contemporary Blues Summary For Further Study Suggested Additional Listening Additional Reading Resources Chapter 4: Piano Styles: Ragtime to Boogie-Woogie The Birth of Ragtime Ragtime and Dixieland Merge Ragtime Lives On Stride Piano Boogie-Woogie Summary For Further Study Suggested Additional Listening Additional Reading Resources Notes Chapter 5: Early New Orleans and Chicago Style Jazz Early New Orleans Style Louis Armstrong (1901-71) Chicago Style (the 1920s) Later Developments Summary For Further Study Suggested Additional Listening Additional Reading Resources Notes Chapter 6: Swing Beginnings of the Swing Era Jazz Arrangements New York Kansas City Swing Becomes Accepted Paul Whiteman The Swing Bands Big Band Soloists Swing Combos The Demise of Swing Big-Band Legacy Summary For Further Study Suggested Additional Listening Additional Reading Resources Notes Chapter 7: Ellington Washington to New York The Cotton Club Touring The Swing Period Billy Strayhorn New Additions and Longer Compositions Johnny Hodges A Period of Transition Late Ellington Individual and Group Expression Innovations Repertoire Legacy For Further Study Suggested Additional Listening Additional Reading Resources Notes Chapter 8: Bop The Shift to Bop The Developing Mainstream and the Jazz Canon Bop Arranging Musical Expansion The Bop Rhythm Section The Performers Bop and Progressive Big Bands Summary For Further Study Suggested Additional Listening Additional Reading Resources Notes Chapter 9: Cool The Sounds of Cool Cool Bands The Performers West Coast Jazz Third Stream Jazz in Classical Competition Summary For Further Study Suggested Additional Listening Additional Reading Resources Notes Chapter 10: Miles Davis Bop Cool Small Groups Modal Jazz Rock Jazz Pop Legacy Summary For Further Study Suggested Additional Listening Additional Reading Resources Notes Chapter 11: Hard Bop, Funky The Music Gospel Jazz The Performers Summary For Further Study Suggested Additional Listening Additional Reading Resources Notes Chapter 12: Free Form, Avant-Garde Ornette Coleman Cecil Taylor John Coltrane Chicago Style of Free Jazz Anthony Braxton Contemporary Avant-Garde The Fee Jazz Controversy Summary For Further Study Suggested Additional Listening Additional Reading Resources Notes Chapter 13: Jazz Rock Fusion Early Jazz Rock Fusion Jazz:A New Popularity Vocal Jazz Jazz/Pop Jazz/Pop Blend Jazz in Rock Summary For Further Study Suggested Additional Listening Additional Reading Resources Notes Chapter 14: Contemporary Trends, A Maturing Art Form The Neoclassical School The Jazz Canon The Young Lions Wynton Marsalis The Trumpet Legacy The Saxophone Legacy Other Performers Summary For Further Study Suggested Additional Listening Additional Reading Resources Notes Chapter 15: Latin Jazz 1890s-1910, Early New Orleans 1910s-1920, The Tango Craze 1930s, The Rumba Craze Clave 1940s, Swing to Cubop 1950s, The Mambo and Cubop 1960s, The Brazilian Wave 1970s, Latin Jazz Fusion Contemporary Trends Summary Suggested Additional Listening Additional Reading Resources Chapter 16: Vocal Jazz Spiritual Singing Gospel Mahalia Jackson and the African American Church Singing Work Songs Publishing Popular Music Blues Singers Later Jazz Singers Jazz Pop Distinctions Vocal Jazz Groups Summary For Further Study Suggested Additional Listening Additional Reading Resources Notes Appendix A: Listening Suggestions Appendix B: Notation Examples Glossary Bibliography Index