Jazz to Rock PAK
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Copyright: 2017
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The Jazz to Rock PAK traces the evolution of popular American and British music from the birth of rock and roll through the modern era. The text examines the artists, musical styles, cultural movements, and historical events that shaped the development of rock, soul, blues, punk, and popular music from the 1950s to the present. By exploring the social and cultural influences behind each musical movement, students gain an appreciation for how music has reflected and influenced changes in society, politics, technology, and youth culture.
Throughout the book, readers explore major genres and milestones including the rock and roll explosion, the rise of mainstream pop, soul music, the British Invasion, psychedelic rock, the harder edge of 1970s rock, punk, and the evolution of popular music through the 1980s, 1990s, and beyond. The text highlights influential performers, landmark recordings, and the lasting impact of these musical innovations on contemporary culture. By combining historical context with musical analysis, the book helps students understand the artistic, cultural, and historical significance of popular music and its continuing influence around the world.
Chapter 1: THE ROCK AND ROLL EXPLOSION
Chapter 2: THE TRANSITION TO MAINSTREAM POP
Chapter 3: Soul Music
Chapter 4: The British Invasion
Chapter 5: Sixties Blues and Psychedelia
Chapter 6: The Harder Edge of Rock in the Seventies
Chapter 7: Beyond Soul
Chapter 8: Punk
Chapter 9: The Eighties
Chapter 10: The Nineties and Beyond
Dr. Steve Wilson is Professor of Trombone at the University of Texas at El Paso. Dr. Wilson received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Texas at El Paso and holds both a Master’s degree and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Trombone Performance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Dr. Wilson has been active nationally and internationally as a soloist, as a member of the Continental Trombone Quartet, and as a member of the Jim Widner Big Band. He has given recitals and master classes at the Midwest Clinic, the Jazz Educators Network National Conference, the International Association of Jazz Educators National Conference, the International Trombone Festival in Brazil and China, the American Trombone Workshop in Washington, D.C., the International College Music Society Conference, the International Vernacular Congress, the Texas Band Masters Association Convention in San Antonio, the Texas Music Educators Association Convention, the Brazilian National Trombone Association, and at numerous universities across the United States. His most recent collaborations have been with Bruce Adolphe, Director of Family Concerts for the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and Mike Block, Kaoru Watanabe, and Shane Shannon of The Silk Road Ensemble, in a new chamber music work for bass trombone, piano, cello, shinobue, and percussion in a series of performances at the Off the Hook Arts Festival in Colorado, Princeton University, and a sell-out performance at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall.
Dr. Wilson's article, "Bringing Out the Inner Animal: How to Get the Most Out of Your Bass Trombonist" has been published in the Texas Bandmaster's Review and reprinted in the School Band and Orchestra Magazine.
The Jazz to Rock PAK traces the evolution of popular American and British music from the birth of rock and roll through the modern era. The text examines the artists, musical styles, cultural movements, and historical events that shaped the development of rock, soul, blues, punk, and popular music from the 1950s to the present. By exploring the social and cultural influences behind each musical movement, students gain an appreciation for how music has reflected and influenced changes in society, politics, technology, and youth culture.
Throughout the book, readers explore major genres and milestones including the rock and roll explosion, the rise of mainstream pop, soul music, the British Invasion, psychedelic rock, the harder edge of 1970s rock, punk, and the evolution of popular music through the 1980s, 1990s, and beyond. The text highlights influential performers, landmark recordings, and the lasting impact of these musical innovations on contemporary culture. By combining historical context with musical analysis, the book helps students understand the artistic, cultural, and historical significance of popular music and its continuing influence around the world.
Chapter 1: THE ROCK AND ROLL EXPLOSION
Chapter 2: THE TRANSITION TO MAINSTREAM POP
Chapter 3: Soul Music
Chapter 4: The British Invasion
Chapter 5: Sixties Blues and Psychedelia
Chapter 6: The Harder Edge of Rock in the Seventies
Chapter 7: Beyond Soul
Chapter 8: Punk
Chapter 9: The Eighties
Chapter 10: The Nineties and Beyond
Dr. Steve Wilson is Professor of Trombone at the University of Texas at El Paso. Dr. Wilson received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Texas at El Paso and holds both a Master’s degree and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Trombone Performance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Dr. Wilson has been active nationally and internationally as a soloist, as a member of the Continental Trombone Quartet, and as a member of the Jim Widner Big Band. He has given recitals and master classes at the Midwest Clinic, the Jazz Educators Network National Conference, the International Association of Jazz Educators National Conference, the International Trombone Festival in Brazil and China, the American Trombone Workshop in Washington, D.C., the International College Music Society Conference, the International Vernacular Congress, the Texas Band Masters Association Convention in San Antonio, the Texas Music Educators Association Convention, the Brazilian National Trombone Association, and at numerous universities across the United States. His most recent collaborations have been with Bruce Adolphe, Director of Family Concerts for the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and Mike Block, Kaoru Watanabe, and Shane Shannon of The Silk Road Ensemble, in a new chamber music work for bass trombone, piano, cello, shinobue, and percussion in a series of performances at the Off the Hook Arts Festival in Colorado, Princeton University, and a sell-out performance at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall.
Dr. Wilson's article, "Bringing Out the Inner Animal: How to Get the Most Out of Your Bass Trombonist" has been published in the Texas Bandmaster's Review and reprinted in the School Band and Orchestra Magazine.