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Libraries near you: WorldCat. Concise guide to jazz , Prentice Hall. Borrow Listen. Download for print-disabled. Paperback in English - 4Rev Ed edition. Paperback in English - 3 edition. Paperback in English - 2nd edition. Classifications Dewey Table of Contents What is jazz? Whitehead provides brief profiles of the archetypal figures of jazz--from Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington to Wynton Marsalis and John Zorn--and illuminates their contributions as musicians, performers, and composers.

Also highlighted are the building blocks of the jazz sound--call and response, rhythmic contrasts, personalized performance techniques and improvisation--and discussion of how visionary musicians have reinterpreted these elements to continually redefine jazz, ushering in the swing era, bebop, cool jazz, hard bop, and the avant-garde.

Along the way, Why Jazz? Whether read in self-contained sections or as a continuous narrative, this compact reference presents a trove of essential information that belongs on the shelf of anyone who's ever been interested in jazz.

Jazz stories have been entwined with cinema since the inception of jazz film genre in the s, giving us origin tales and biopics, spectacles and low-budget quickies, comedies, musicals, and dramas, and stories of improvisers and composers at work. In Play the Way You Feel, author and jazz critic Kevin Whitehead offers a comprehensive guide to these films and other media from the perspective of the music itself. Spanning 93 years of film history, the book looks closely at movies, cartoons, and a few TV shows that tell jazz stories, from early talkies to modern times, with an eye to narrative conventions and common story points.

New to This Edition. Recommended further reading, listening, and viewing for every chapter has also been updated. New Photos - Nineteen full-color photographs have been added to this edition. Share a link to All Resources. Instructor Resources. Websites and online courses. Other Student Resources. About the Author s. Relevant Courses.

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