Jazz Strides
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2018
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2018
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Derived from years of teaching in the classroom and online, Dr. Lewis Rosengarten's Jazz Strides offers a refreshingly succinct yet thorough presentation of the struggles, styles and achievements in Jazz in a series of twelve essential concise chapters. The history of Jazz, including the latest era, is recovered from a variety of voices and perspectives providing an exceedingly well-informed overview that would serve as a perfect addition to any study or course. The author's ability to synthesize an enormous amount of material into an enjoyable coherent whole is uncanny.
Chronology
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Introduction
Chapter 1 Roots, Influences, and Definitions
Chapter 2 The 20s, Chicago, The First Virtuoso Soloist
Chapter 3 The Pioneers of Swing; Mainstream Commercialism, New York, Diverse Cultural Acceptance, Europe
Chapter 4 The Most Popular of All Jazz Periods; The “Royalty”
Chapter 5 What Is Bebop? How Is It Different from Swing?
Chapter 6 What Is Hard Bop?; The “Birth of the Cool.” The “West Coast” Connection; How Are They Derived from Bebop?
Chapter 7 Post-Bop mid 1960s
Chapter 8 What Is Fusion? What Got Fused with Jazz? (Rock, Funk, Pop, Latin, Classical, Indian); Popularity
Chapter 9 Latin Jazz, Its Roots; Schuller’s “Third Stream”
Chapter 10 Mingus, Coltrane, 2 Unique, Eclectic Giants; Free Beginnings
Chapter 11 Free Jazz; Women and Newer Jazz; “Young Lions;” Post Modern
Chapter 12 The 21st Century “Progressive”
Recommended Recordings
Bibliography
Suggested Videos
Websites (These are often ephemeral)
Dr. Lewis Rosengarten holds a BA from Colgate University, an MM from Ithaca College and a DM from Indiana University, with a concentration in Music Composition.
His achievements include national performances and airings of his music, publication of his program notes and articles, and the honor of national composition awards. He has a deep love of teaching, in evidence at Indiana University, Skidmore College, and SUNY Cortland on the subjects of Jazz History, Music History, Music Theory, Composition and Liberal Studies. Most recently, Lewis has taken on the position of Director of SUNY Cortland’s Educational Opportunity Program while continuing to lecture on Jazz History, African American Music, and Interdisciplinary Studies. “Sports and Music,” his most recent course, was developed expressly for the students at SUNY Cortland and is offered through the Africana Studies Program.
Derived from years of teaching in the classroom and online, Dr. Lewis Rosengarten's Jazz Strides offers a refreshingly succinct yet thorough presentation of the struggles, styles and achievements in Jazz in a series of twelve essential concise chapters. The history of Jazz, including the latest era, is recovered from a variety of voices and perspectives providing an exceedingly well-informed overview that would serve as a perfect addition to any study or course. The author's ability to synthesize an enormous amount of material into an enjoyable coherent whole is uncanny.
Chronology
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Introduction
Chapter 1 Roots, Influences, and Definitions
Chapter 2 The 20s, Chicago, The First Virtuoso Soloist
Chapter 3 The Pioneers of Swing; Mainstream Commercialism, New York, Diverse Cultural Acceptance, Europe
Chapter 4 The Most Popular of All Jazz Periods; The “Royalty”
Chapter 5 What Is Bebop? How Is It Different from Swing?
Chapter 6 What Is Hard Bop?; The “Birth of the Cool.” The “West Coast” Connection; How Are They Derived from Bebop?
Chapter 7 Post-Bop mid 1960s
Chapter 8 What Is Fusion? What Got Fused with Jazz? (Rock, Funk, Pop, Latin, Classical, Indian); Popularity
Chapter 9 Latin Jazz, Its Roots; Schuller’s “Third Stream”
Chapter 10 Mingus, Coltrane, 2 Unique, Eclectic Giants; Free Beginnings
Chapter 11 Free Jazz; Women and Newer Jazz; “Young Lions;” Post Modern
Chapter 12 The 21st Century “Progressive”
Recommended Recordings
Bibliography
Suggested Videos
Websites (These are often ephemeral)
Dr. Lewis Rosengarten holds a BA from Colgate University, an MM from Ithaca College and a DM from Indiana University, with a concentration in Music Composition.
His achievements include national performances and airings of his music, publication of his program notes and articles, and the honor of national composition awards. He has a deep love of teaching, in evidence at Indiana University, Skidmore College, and SUNY Cortland on the subjects of Jazz History, Music History, Music Theory, Composition and Liberal Studies. Most recently, Lewis has taken on the position of Director of SUNY Cortland’s Educational Opportunity Program while continuing to lecture on Jazz History, African American Music, and Interdisciplinary Studies. “Sports and Music,” his most recent course, was developed expressly for the students at SUNY Cortland and is offered through the Africana Studies Program.