Elements of jazz from cakewalks to fusion
Presents an overview of jazz, its elements, and its history. Includes performances by various jazz artists.
| Main Author: | Messenger, Bill. |
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| Corporate Authors: | Teaching Company. |
| Format: | Audiobooks Audiobook (CD) |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Springfield, VA :
Teaching Co.,
1998.
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| Series: |
Great courses (Compact disc)
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| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Lecture 1.
- Plantation beginnings
- Lecture 2.
- The rise and fall of ragtime
- Lecture 3.
- The jazz age
- Lecture 4.
- Blues
- Lecture 5.
- The swing era
- Lecture 6.
- Boogie, big band blues, and bop
- Lecture 7.
- Modern jazz
- Lecture 8.
- The ABC's of jazz improvisation.