Kevin Whitehead

Why Jazz?

A Concise Guide

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Produktbeschreibung

Broad history of jazz, written in plain English for novice listeners.

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Why Jazz? is a Q&A handbook for novice listeners, a concise history of jazz's major figures and trends, and a plain-English guide to many musical techniques. As in his jazz reviews for NPR's Fresh Air, Whitehead packs a lot of information into compact, accessible prose.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 219mm x 146mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 325g
• ISBN-13: 9780199731183
• ISBN-10: 0199731187
• Artikelnr.: 30206966

Autorenporträt

Kevin Whitehead is the longtime jazz critic for National Public Radio's "Fresh Air" and has written about jazz for many publications, including the Chicago Sun-Times, Down Beat, and the Village Voice. He is the author of New Dutch Swing (1998), and his essays have appeared in such collections as Da Capo Best Music Writing 2006, Jazz: The First Century, and The Cartoon Music Book.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1.: The Basics
2.: Jazz from its origins to 1940: roots, early jazz, the swing era
3.: Jazz 1940-1960: bebop, cool, hard bop
4.: Jazz 1960-1980: the avant-garde and its aftermath
5.: Jazz after 1980: the postmodern period
Endnotes
Glossary
Suggestions for Further Reading
Discographical Notes