Concise Guide to Jazz with CD (Audio) [Paperback]

Mark C. Gridley (Contributor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0130889814 | ISBN-13: 978-0130889812 | Publication Date: March 2000 | Edition: 3rd

For non-major courses in Evolution of Jazz, Jazz History, Jazz Survey, Introduction to Jazz, Jazz Appreciation, African-American Music. This abridged version of Jazz Styles was developed in response to student and professor requests for an introductory text offering the clarity and accuracy of Jazz Styles with 1/2 the size, 1/40 the number of names and tune titles, and 1/3 the number of musician profiles, in just 11 chapters. Written by an active jazz musician and jazz historian, this brief introduction to jazz examines how jazz originated, how it is made, what to listen for, the major style eras, and the individual styles of 43 historically significant jazz musicians. When purchased packaged with Concise Guide to Jazz the Jazz Classics CD and Demonstration CD are available at a discounted price. Want to include even more historical recordings for your study of jazz? Order a text package that includes the FREE Prentice Hall Jazz Collection CD. Click on PACKAGE OPTIONS to the left for more details.

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Editorial Reviews

Review

"...the best approach to contemporary classroom jazz education extant." — Jazz Times

"...clearly a text designed to fit a ten-week college quarter; but it can also serve nicely as an informative introduction to jazz for novice fans...Gridley manages to touch most of the important musical bases with chapters devoted to early jazz, swing, bebop, cool jazz, hard bop, avant-garde and fusion ...a few hours with the Concise Guide to jazz will add immeasurably to one's enjoyment of the music." — Jazz Forum

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The author tells what jazz is, how it originated, and how it is made. He emphasizes effective strategies to get the most out of listening to jazz. Focusing on 46 of the most historically significant musicians, Gridley offers a basic, first-time orientation to jazz.

Special Features

• NEW TO THIS EDITION is a chapter entitled NOW which considers recent developments in contemporary jazz and discusses such players as: John Zorn, Kenny G, Dave Sanborn, Joe Henderson, and Wayne Shorter.
• EASY-TO-FOLLOW LISTENING GUIDES are keyed to 99 track numbers, chorus-by-chorus, on the 76-minute Classics CD (ISBN 0-13--142497-1): 21 historic recordings by Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and many more.
• The 72-minute Demonstration CD (ISBN 0-13-142496-3): 157 narrated illustrations of instruments and methods that jazz musicians use to make their music.
• The text is available at a discounted package price combined with the 2 accompanying CDs (ISBN 0-13-183979-9), or with just the Classics CD (ISBN 0-13-183980-2), or with just the Demonstration CD (ISBN 0-13-142519-6).
• Both CDs and a videocassette version of the Demonstration CD (Listening to jazz by Steve Gryb; ISBN 0-13-532$624) can be ordered by phoning $00-947-7700.
• 104 STUNNING PHOTOS of top musicians at work, with captions summarizing their contributions.
• ELEMENTS OF MUSIC APPENDIX offers an illustrated short course in the basics of music: rhythm, scales, blue notes, chord progressions, song forms, and tone color.
• ALBUM BUYING STRATEGIES APPENDIX gives handy pointers for quickly selecting and locating the best albums.

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Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 3rd edition (March 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130889814
• ISBN-13: 978-0130889812
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 6.6 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,004,135 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars CD's, July 2, 2006

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S. Schmitz - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Concise Guide to Jazz (5th Edition) (Paperback)

It was unclear in the description of this book that the cd's for the listening portions were not included. This was a huge inconvenience as I could not purchase the cd's separately.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Quick Intro to Jazz, August 22, 2000

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This review is from: Concise Guide to Jazz (3rd Edition) (Paperback)

Tells what jazz is, how it originated, how it is made, who is important and why, how to locate the best recordings. Optional CD of historic recordings is available. Optional CD of narrated demonstrations for jazz instruments, jazz methods and how to listen is also available. This is the abridged edition of the best-selling, critically acclaimed JAZZ STYLES by Gridley.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent review for a neophyte., January 14, 2009

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James R. Curran "Jrundog" (MN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Concise Guide to Jazz (5th Edition) (Paperback)

I bought the book used, with CDs, and it turned out to be the best guide to understanding jazz I've read. The CD's are really important to have, but even without, one can understand the structure of jazz from the clear explanations in the text. My particular interest is jazz before the sixties, and I thought there was less emphasis in that area than should be. The main strength is the discussion of bop to modern forms of jazz. The book requires a little study if one is not a musician, and some of the concepts might be off-putting. However, with the help of the CDs and the listening guides, even the non-musician can understand what is going on while listening to modern jazz.