Jazz: From Its Origins To The Present

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Prentice Hall, 1993
Jazz: From Its Origins To The Present
496 pagine
Authors : Lewis Porter & Michael Ullman

This fascinating volume provides a concise, literate, accurate, and up-to-date look at the history of jazz and its major figures.

This volume comprehensive history of jazz and the artists who made it popular contains musical examples so that students who do not read music will not be inhibited.
Combines a rich detail of the origins of jazz with insightful biographies and contributions of jazz legends, including Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Miles Davies, John Coltrane, and the jazz bands of the 30's, 40's, 50's, and 60's.

Ideal for for all Introduction to Jazz and Jazz History courses in Music, as well as African-American Studies, and the 20th Century American Studies at the undergraduate level.

• Jazz: From Its Origins To The Present
• The Jazz Scene
• The Passion for Jazz