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Author:

Messenger, Bill.

Title:

Elements of jazz [sound recording CD] : from cakewalks to fusion / Bill Messenger.

Format:

[sound recording CD] :

Publisher:

Teaching Co.,

Copyright Date:

1998

Description:

8 compact discs (approx. 360 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (22 cm.)

Subject:

Jazz--Compact disc.--Compact disc.
Ragtime music--Compact disc.--Compact disc.
Blues (Music)--Compact disc.--Compact disc.
Swing (Music)--Compact disc.--Compact disc.
Boogie woogie (Music)--Compact disc.--Compact disc.
Big band music--Compact disc.--Compact disc.
Bop (Music)--Compact disc.--Compact disc.
Improvisation (Music)--Compact disc.

Other Authors:

Teaching Company.

Notes:

Lecturer: Bill Messenger, Peabody Conservatory of Music.

Contents:

Lecture 1. Plantation beginnings -- Lecture 2. The rise and fall of ragtime -- Lecture 3. The jazz age -- Lecture 4. Blues -- Lecture 5. The swing era -- Lecture 6. Boogie, big band blues, and bop -- Lecture 7. Modern jazz -- Lecture 8. The ABC's of jazz improvisation.

Summary:

Presents an overview of jazz, its elements, and its history. Includes performances by various jazz artists.

Series:

The great courses

ISBN:

9781598031485
1598031481

OCLC:

(OCoLC)65562905

Locations:

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)