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Essential Jazz: The First 100 Years 2nd Edition

by Henry Martin (Author), Keith Waters (Author)
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A complete jazz chronology, ESSENTIAL JAZZ: THE FIRST 100 YEARS, 2e, delivers a thorough and engaging introduction to jazz and American culture. Designed for nonmajors, this brief text explores the development of jazz from its nineteenth-century roots in ragtime and blues through swing and bebop to fusion and contemporary jazz styles. Unique in its up-to-date coverage, one-third of ESSENTIAL JAZZ is devoted to performers of the 1960s through present-day performers. The text's flexible organization and clear, interesting presentation are designed to appeal to learners with little or no music background. Accessible, informative Listening Guides provide a rich sociocultural context for each selection, giving both newcomers and aficionados a true feel for the vibrant, ever-changing sound of jazz.
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    0495505250
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0495505259
  3. Edition
    2nd
  4. Publisher
    Schirmer
  5. Publication date
    January 25, 2008
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    8 x 0.5 x 10 inches
  8. Print length
    336 pages
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Henry Martin is Professor of Music at Rutgers University--the country's only program that grants a degree in jazz scholarship. He has enjoyed a dual career as an award-winning composer-pianist and a music theorist specializing in jazz and the Western tonal tradition. Albany Records released his SELECTED PIANO MUSIC CD in 2010, and in 2004 Bridge Records released his CD PRELUDES AND FUGUES, with Martin performing. He is coeditor of the ANNUAL REVIEW OF JAZZ STUDIES, and his books include CHARLIE PARKER AND THEMATIC IMPROVISATION, COUNTERPOINT, and ESSENTIAL JAZZ: THE FIRST 100 YEARS, 2e.

Keith Waters is Associate Professor of Music Theory at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He has written extensively on jazz improvisation and analysis. A jazz pianist, he has performed in concerts, jazz festivals, and clubs throughout the United States, Europe, and Russia. Prof. Waters has recorded with VSOP Records, and his playing has been a featured topic in JAZZ PLAYER magazine. Among his recent recordings is a Chet Baker tribute with former Baker sideman Phil Urso and West Coast trumpeter Carl Saunders. The current chair of the Jazz Special Interest Group of the Society for Music Theory, he just completed a book on the studio recordings of Miles Davis' second great quintet.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Schirmer; 2nd edition (January 25, 2008)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0495505250
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0495505259
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.3 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8 x 0.5 x 10 inches
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Annette Narte
5.0 out of 5 stars Good seller
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Received as promised in great condition just what my daughter needed for her class!!
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Elizabeth Jordan
1.0 out of 5 stars Overpriced and doesn't include everything
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2013
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This book is very overpriced and does not specify that it does not come with the 2 cds that most college classes require. You can also not find the cds any other place so after purchasing this book you are screwed into googleing the names of the songs for class. Not happy.
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Kathleen M. Baines
5.0 out of 5 stars Essential Jazz - Great Book
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The book was essential to a course that I was taking. I found the book easy to follow and very imformative!! Recommended even if you are not taking a course.
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L. F.
5.0 out of 5 stars Well written, fun to read.
Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2013
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Fascinating topic and the book is well organized; easy to understand format. The CD that accompanies the text (the one with the songs) is top notch.
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3.0 out of 5 stars it's a text book
Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2013
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did not buy this for my reading pleasure, but as a required text book for a class on jazz. da
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Tina Z
5.0 out of 5 stars Great introduction to jazz!
Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2016
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easy to follow, sound tracks make the history and progression of the art form easy to understand.
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Emmi
1.0 out of 5 stars DID NOT INCLUDE CD
Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2018
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This did NOT include the CD along with it. (I bought it used though) VERY disappointed. BEWARE. What a waste!
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2.0 out of 5 stars College bookstore feeling
Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2012
While this paperback  Essential Jazz: The First 100 Years  is no more than it appears to be, it is quite a bit less. Inside the front cover is a table of contents for two CDs which do not accompany the book. Had they been included this purchase would have been better worth the asking price. As it stands, this volume is overpriced on the scale of every book ever required for every college course ever taught. Does that sound "a bit much"? It is, and with the good intent of warning away those who want to purchase this item new.
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