Jazz Appreciation
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Copyright: 2019
Pages: 640
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Jazz Appreciation provides an extensive overview of the origins and development of jazz from its roots in the pre-jazz styles of the late nineteenth century to its contemporary styles of the present. The turn-key course package emphasizes the evolution of different jazz styles and trends while instilling the necessary background to understand what is going on technically when listening to jazz.
Jazz Appreciation contains 16 chapters on the history and development of jazz. Each chapter concludes with a quiz, giving students the opportunity to test their knowledge of relevant concepts. The text also recognizes that the best way to understand and gain an appreciation for any music style is to listen to it. A wealth of listening examples integrated within the course encourage students to enjoy jazz music and practice skills in active listening.
Available as an interactive online course package, Dr. Steve Roach’s Jazz Appreciation:
- provides students with the tools for a basic understanding of jazz music.
- features chapter readings and recorded examples that detail the evolution of jazz and its essential role in American culture.
- includes timed chapter quizzes that reinforce important concepts.
Chapter 1: Understanding the Basic Elements of Jazz
What is Jazz?
Jazz Elements
Musical Expression
Melody, Harmony, and Rhythm
Form
Texture
Improvisation
Chapter 1: Summary and Review Questions
Chapter 1: Suggested Supplementary Listening
Chapter 1 Quiz
Chapter 2: The Roots of Jazz
African and European Influences
Work Songs
Minstrel Songs
Spirituals
The Blues
Marching Bands and Brass Bands
Piano Styles: Ragtime, Stride, and Boogie-Woogie
Chapter 2: Summary and Review Questions
Chapter 2: Suggested Supplementary Listening
Chapter 2 Quiz
Chapter 3: Early New Orleans and Chicago Style Jazz
New Orleans: The Birthplace of Jazz
The Shift from Ragtime to Jazz
The Evolution of the Jazz Band and Their Players
The Migration North
The Chicago Sound and Their Players
Additional Key Performers
Chapter 3: Summary and Review Questions
Chapter 3: Suggested Supplementary Listening
Chapter 3 Quiz
Chapter 4: The Jazz Age: From Chicago to New York
The Harlem Renaissance
Beginnings of the Big Bands
The Rise of the Jazz Soloist
Harlem Stride Piano
Chapter 4: Summary and Review Questions
Chapter 4: Suggested Supplementary Listening
Chapter 4 Quiz
Chapter 5: The Swing Era
The Inception of the Swing Era
Jazz Instrumentation and Arrangements
Benny Goodman: The King of Swing
Count Basie
Territory Bands
Other Notable Swing Bands and Stylists
The Demise of Swing
Chapter 5: Summary and Review Questions
Chapter 5: Suggested Supplementary Listening
Chapter 5 Quiz
Chapter 6: Duke Ellington
Early Ellington
The Cotton Club
On the Road
Billy Strayhorn
Ellington’s Sidemen
Late Ellington
Repertoire
Honors and Awards
Chapter 6: Summary and Review Questions
Chapter 6: Suggested Supplementary Listening
Chapter 6 Quiz
Chapter 7: Bebop: A Major Metamorphosis
Shifting from Swing to Bebop
Characteristics of the New Modern Sound
The Primary Architects: Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie
Additional Key Performers
The Horn Players
The Rhythm Section Players
Bebop Big Bands
The Demise of 52nd Street
Chapter 7: Summary and Review Questions
Chapter 7: Suggested Supplementary Listening
Chapter 7 Quiz
Chapter 8: The Cool Period: Jazz in the 1950s
The Birth of the Cool
Key Performers
West Coast Jazz
Modal Jazz
Third Stream
Chapter 8: Summary and Review Questions
Chapter 8: Suggested Supplementary Listening
Chapter 8 Quiz
Chapter 9: Miles Davis
Early Miles Davis
From Bebop to Pop
His Groups and Sidemen
His Final Years
Chapter 9: Summary and Review Questions
Chapter 9: Suggested Supplementary Listening
Chapter 9 Quiz
Chapter 10: Hard Bop, Funky, Soul, and Gospel Jazz
Defining Hard Bop
Funky/Soul Jazz
Gospel Jazz
Key Performers
Chapter 10: Summary and Review Questions
Chapter 10: Suggested Supplementary Listening
Chapter 10 Quiz
Chapter 11: Avant-Garde and the Free Jazz Movement
Postmodernism
Challenging Preexisting Boundaries
Ornette Coleman and the Free Jazz Innovators
Avant-Garde and Free Jazz Today
Chapter 11: Summary and Review Questions
Chapter 11: Suggested Supplementary Listening
Chapter 11 Quiz
Chapter 12: Fusion: Jazz in the 1970s and 1980s
Elements of Jazz-Rock and Jazz-Funk Fusion
Fusion Pioneers
Additional Fusion Contributors
From Fusion to Smooth Jazz
Big Bands During the 1970s and 1980s
Chapter 12: Summary and Review Questions
Chapter 12: Suggested Supplementary Listening
Chapter 12 Quiz
Chapter 13: Traditionalism and Contemporary Trends in the 1980s and 1990s
Neoclassicism and a Revival of Older Traditions
Reshaping the Jazz Paradigm
The Jazz Repertory Movement
The Recording Industry
Jazz Pedagogy
Wynton Marsalis and The Young Lions
Other Key Performers
Big Bands in the 1990s
New Influences and Emerging Styles
Chapter 13: Summary and Review Questions
Chapter 13: Suggested Supplementary Listening
Chapter 13 Quiz
Chapter 14: Jazz Vocalists
The Evolution of the Jazz Vocalist
Early Jazz & Blues Singers
Swing Era Singers
From Jazz to Pop
Contemporary Jazz Singers
Vocal Jazz Groups
Chapter 14: Summary and Review Questions
Chapter 14: Suggested Supplementary Listening
Chapter 14: Quiz
Chapter 15: Latin Jazz
Early New Orleans
The Tango and the Rumba Craze
The Mambo Craze and Cubop
Brazilian Influences
Later and Continuing Trends in Latin Jazz
Chapter 15: Chapter Summary and Review Questions
Chapter 15: Suggested Supplementary Listening and Reading
Chapter 15: Quiz
Chapter 16: Current Trends and the Future of Jazz
Jazz: A Truly Universal Language
Contemporary Artists
Big Band Composers and Bandleaders
Women in Jazz
Reflections on the Future of Jazz
Chapter 16: Summary and Review Questions
Chapter 16: Suggested Supplementary Listening
Chapter 16: Quiz
Dr. Steve Roach has been the Director of Jazz Studies at California State University, Sacramento since 2001. He has also served as Director of Jazz Studies at Baylor University and has held teaching positions at the University of Northern Colorado and Northern Illinois University. In addition to administering the jazz studies degree program at Sacramento State, Steve directs large and small jazz ensembles, teaches jazz trumpet, and teaches courses in jazz history and jazz pedagogy. Dr. Roach holds a Bachelor of Music degree in trumpet performance from Indiana University, a Master of Music degree in trumpet performance from Northern Illinois University, and a Doctor of Arts degree in trumpet and jazz pedagogy from the University of Northern Colorado. Steve also serves as a clinician and adjudicator for numerous jazz festivals and conferences nationwide and is often called upon to direct high school and middle school honor jazz ensembles throughout California and Nevada.
Jazz Appreciation provides an extensive overview of the origins and development of jazz from its roots in the pre-jazz styles of the late nineteenth century to its contemporary styles of the present. The turn-key course package emphasizes the evolution of different jazz styles and trends while instilling the necessary background to understand what is going on technically when listening to jazz.
Jazz Appreciation contains 16 chapters on the history and development of jazz. Each chapter concludes with a quiz, giving students the opportunity to test their knowledge of relevant concepts. The text also recognizes that the best way to understand and gain an appreciation for any music style is to listen to it. A wealth of listening examples integrated within the course encourage students to enjoy jazz music and practice skills in active listening.
Available as an interactive online course package, Dr. Steve Roach’s Jazz Appreciation:
- provides students with the tools for a basic understanding of jazz music.
- features chapter readings and recorded examples that detail the evolution of jazz and its essential role in American culture.
- includes timed chapter quizzes that reinforce important concepts.
Chapter 1: Understanding the Basic Elements of Jazz
What is Jazz?
Jazz Elements
Musical Expression
Melody, Harmony, and Rhythm
Form
Texture
Improvisation
Chapter 1: Summary and Review Questions
Chapter 1: Suggested Supplementary Listening
Chapter 1 Quiz
Chapter 2: The Roots of Jazz
African and European Influences
Work Songs
Minstrel Songs
Spirituals
The Blues
Marching Bands and Brass Bands
Piano Styles: Ragtime, Stride, and Boogie-Woogie
Chapter 2: Summary and Review Questions
Chapter 2: Suggested Supplementary Listening
Chapter 2 Quiz
Chapter 3: Early New Orleans and Chicago Style Jazz
New Orleans: The Birthplace of Jazz
The Shift from Ragtime to Jazz
The Evolution of the Jazz Band and Their Players
The Migration North
The Chicago Sound and Their Players
Additional Key Performers
Chapter 3: Summary and Review Questions
Chapter 3: Suggested Supplementary Listening
Chapter 3 Quiz
Chapter 4: The Jazz Age: From Chicago to New York
The Harlem Renaissance
Beginnings of the Big Bands
The Rise of the Jazz Soloist
Harlem Stride Piano
Chapter 4: Summary and Review Questions
Chapter 4: Suggested Supplementary Listening
Chapter 4 Quiz
Chapter 5: The Swing Era
The Inception of the Swing Era
Jazz Instrumentation and Arrangements
Benny Goodman: The King of Swing
Count Basie
Territory Bands
Other Notable Swing Bands and Stylists
The Demise of Swing
Chapter 5: Summary and Review Questions
Chapter 5: Suggested Supplementary Listening
Chapter 5 Quiz
Chapter 6: Duke Ellington
Early Ellington
The Cotton Club
On the Road
Billy Strayhorn
Ellington’s Sidemen
Late Ellington
Repertoire
Honors and Awards
Chapter 6: Summary and Review Questions
Chapter 6: Suggested Supplementary Listening
Chapter 6 Quiz
Chapter 7: Bebop: A Major Metamorphosis
Shifting from Swing to Bebop
Characteristics of the New Modern Sound
The Primary Architects: Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie
Additional Key Performers
The Horn Players
The Rhythm Section Players
Bebop Big Bands
The Demise of 52nd Street
Chapter 7: Summary and Review Questions
Chapter 7: Suggested Supplementary Listening
Chapter 7 Quiz
Chapter 8: The Cool Period: Jazz in the 1950s
The Birth of the Cool
Key Performers
West Coast Jazz
Modal Jazz
Third Stream
Chapter 8: Summary and Review Questions
Chapter 8: Suggested Supplementary Listening
Chapter 8 Quiz
Chapter 9: Miles Davis
Early Miles Davis
From Bebop to Pop
His Groups and Sidemen
His Final Years
Chapter 9: Summary and Review Questions
Chapter 9: Suggested Supplementary Listening
Chapter 9 Quiz
Chapter 10: Hard Bop, Funky, Soul, and Gospel Jazz
Defining Hard Bop
Funky/Soul Jazz
Gospel Jazz
Key Performers
Chapter 10: Summary and Review Questions
Chapter 10: Suggested Supplementary Listening
Chapter 10 Quiz
Chapter 11: Avant-Garde and the Free Jazz Movement
Postmodernism
Challenging Preexisting Boundaries
Ornette Coleman and the Free Jazz Innovators
Avant-Garde and Free Jazz Today
Chapter 11: Summary and Review Questions
Chapter 11: Suggested Supplementary Listening
Chapter 11 Quiz
Chapter 12: Fusion: Jazz in the 1970s and 1980s
Elements of Jazz-Rock and Jazz-Funk Fusion
Fusion Pioneers
Additional Fusion Contributors
From Fusion to Smooth Jazz
Big Bands During the 1970s and 1980s
Chapter 12: Summary and Review Questions
Chapter 12: Suggested Supplementary Listening
Chapter 12 Quiz
Chapter 13: Traditionalism and Contemporary Trends in the 1980s and 1990s
Neoclassicism and a Revival of Older Traditions
Reshaping the Jazz Paradigm
The Jazz Repertory Movement
The Recording Industry
Jazz Pedagogy
Wynton Marsalis and The Young Lions
Other Key Performers
Big Bands in the 1990s
New Influences and Emerging Styles
Chapter 13: Summary and Review Questions
Chapter 13: Suggested Supplementary Listening
Chapter 13 Quiz
Chapter 14: Jazz Vocalists
The Evolution of the Jazz Vocalist
Early Jazz & Blues Singers
Swing Era Singers
From Jazz to Pop
Contemporary Jazz Singers
Vocal Jazz Groups
Chapter 14: Summary and Review Questions
Chapter 14: Suggested Supplementary Listening
Chapter 14: Quiz
Chapter 15: Latin Jazz
Early New Orleans
The Tango and the Rumba Craze
The Mambo Craze and Cubop
Brazilian Influences
Later and Continuing Trends in Latin Jazz
Chapter 15: Chapter Summary and Review Questions
Chapter 15: Suggested Supplementary Listening and Reading
Chapter 15: Quiz
Chapter 16: Current Trends and the Future of Jazz
Jazz: A Truly Universal Language
Contemporary Artists
Big Band Composers and Bandleaders
Women in Jazz
Reflections on the Future of Jazz
Chapter 16: Summary and Review Questions
Chapter 16: Suggested Supplementary Listening
Chapter 16: Quiz
Dr. Steve Roach has been the Director of Jazz Studies at California State University, Sacramento since 2001. He has also served as Director of Jazz Studies at Baylor University and has held teaching positions at the University of Northern Colorado and Northern Illinois University. In addition to administering the jazz studies degree program at Sacramento State, Steve directs large and small jazz ensembles, teaches jazz trumpet, and teaches courses in jazz history and jazz pedagogy. Dr. Roach holds a Bachelor of Music degree in trumpet performance from Indiana University, a Master of Music degree in trumpet performance from Northern Illinois University, and a Doctor of Arts degree in trumpet and jazz pedagogy from the University of Northern Colorado. Steve also serves as a clinician and adjudicator for numerous jazz festivals and conferences nationwide and is often called upon to direct high school and middle school honor jazz ensembles throughout California and Nevada.