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Experiencing jazz, a listener's companion, Michael Stephans

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Experiencing jazz, a listener's companion, Michael Stephans

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 463-467) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Experiencing jazz

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

773671812

Responsibility statement

Michael Stephans

Series statement

The listener's companion

Sub title

a listener's companion

Summary

Stephans offers a survey in the art of listening to and enjoying the dynamic, ever-changing art form of jazz. He demonstrates that the act of listening to jazz takes place on a deeply personal level, and takes readers on a tour of the genre, instrument by instrument

Table Of Contents

Ears, mind, heart: a path to open listening -- Groundwork: developing listening skills -- Jazz as a mirror of our times: from birth through the 1940s -- Jazz as a mirror of our times: from the 1950s to the present -- Functions and forms: jazz on and off the bandstand -- Points of departure: small groups and big bands -- Horn of Gabriel: the trumpet (getting personal with Dave Douglas) -- Raspy, gaspy, smooth, and silky: the trombone (getting personal with Roswell Rudd) -- Reeds and deeds I: the tenor saxophone (getting personal with Joe Lovano) -- Reeds and deeds II: the alto saxophone (getting personal with Rudresh Mahanthappa) -- Reeds and deeds III: highs and lows the soprano and baritone saxophones (getting personal with Dave Liebman) -- Reeds and deeds IV: top and bottom woodwinds the clarinet, flute, and bass clarinet (getting personal with Bennie Maupin) -- I got rhythm I: the piano (getting personal with Alan Broadbent) -- I got rhythm II: the acoustic and electric basses (getting personal with John Patitucci) -- I got rhythm III: give the drummer some (getting personal with Jim Black) -- I got rhythm IV: a little discussion about percussion (getting personal with Joe Locke) -- I got rhythm V: the guitar (getting personal with John Scofield) -- The singer and the song (getting personal with Dwight Trible and Roseanna Vitro) -- Is jazz entertainment or is it art? -- The shape of things to come: jazz in the 21st century

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