Concise Guide to Jazz
Gridley
ISBN 10: 0131826573 ISBN 13: 9780131826571
Published by Pearson Education, Limited, 2003
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Synopsis:
Explores the origins of jazz, explains how to listen to it, and discusses styles from early jazz through bebop, cool jazz, avant-garde, and fusion.
About the Author:
Mark C. Gridley is an active jazz musician who has lectured widely on jazz history and jazz appreciation for over thirty years. He has conducted field research in Africa, the Caribbean, and all the jazz centers of the United States. His books have been translated into five foreign languages. His articles appear in the Grove Dictionaries of Music, Encyclopaedia Britannica, The Musical Quarterly, The Black Perspective in Music, The Instrumentalist and Jazz Educators Journal. Gridley's Jazz Styles book is America's most widely used introduction to jazz. The Educational Press Association of America gave him its Distinguished Achievement Award.
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Bibliographic Details
Title: Concise Guide to Jazz
Publisher: Pearson Education, Limited
Publication Date: 2003
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good
Edition: 4th.