Know-it-all jazz: the 50 crucial concepts, styles & performers, each explained in under a minute

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Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Introduction; The Shape of Jazz; GLOSSARY; Bands, Big & Small; How the Parts Function; How Do They Know What to Play?; The Jazz Language & How It's Learned; Profile: Duke Ellington; Where Jazz Was Played in the Past; Where Jazz Is Played Now; The Diversity of Styles; Styles of Jazz; GLOSSARY; New Orleans & Classic Jazz; Swing; Orchestral Jazz; Bebop to Hard Bop; Profile: Charlie Parker; Bossa Nova to Freedom; Jazz Rock & Fusion; European Jazz; Instruments of Jazz; GLOSSARY; Trumpet & Trombone; Saxophone; Clarinet & Flute; Piano & Keyboards.;Jazz is a deep, complex topic, but Know It All Jazz breaks it down into digestible bites that you can learn in under a minute. Cover Half Title Title Copyright CONTENTS Introduction The Shape of Jazz GLOSSARY Bands, Big & Small How the Parts Function How Do They Know What to Play? The Jazz Language & How It's Learned Profile: Duke Ellington Where Jazz Was Played in the Past Where Jazz Is Played Now The Diversity of Styles Styles of Jazz GLOSSARY New Orleans & Classic Jazz Swing Orchestral Jazz Bebop to Hard Bop Profile: Charlie Parker Bossa Nova to Freedom Jazz Rock & Fusion European Jazz Instruments of Jazz GLOSSARY Trumpet & Trombone Saxophone Clarinet & Flute Piano & Keyboards. Bass: Double Bass & Bass GuitarProfile: Louis Armstrong Drums & Percussion Guitar: Acoustic & Electric Vocal Jazz GLOSSARY Divas Great American Songbook: the Men Great American Songbook: the Women Jazz Entertainers Profile: Ella Fitzgerald Vocal Groups Scat & Vocalese Contemporaries Classic Jazz Albums GLOSSARY Louis Armstrong: Satch Plays Fats Benny Goodman: The Complete Legendary 1938 Carnegie Hall Concert Count Basie: The Atomic Mr. Basie Profile: Miles Davis Miles Davis: Kind of Blue John Coltrane: A Love Supreme Weather Report: Heavy Weather. Michael Brecker: Michael BreckerKeith Jarrett: The Köln Concert Jazz & the Blues GLOSSARY A Shared History Early Blues Jazz Meets the Blues Big Bands & the Blues Profile: B.B. King Boogie-Woogie Electric Guitar Blues The Route to Blues-Rock Today Is the Question GLOSSARY Citizens of the World Beyond Bop Technophiles Maverick Adventurers Profile: Craig Taborn Avant-Now Piano Trio Neo-Soul Jazz Resources Notes on Contributors Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T V W Y Z Acknowledgments.