Experiencing Jazz
- Author: Binek, Justin G.
- Author: Lawn, Richard
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Contents
- CONTENTS
- List of Photos
- List of Examples
- List of Figures
- Preface to the Third Edition of Experiencing Jazz
- Acknowledgements
- PART I: UNDERSTANDING JAZZ
- Chapter 1 The Nature of Jazz
- Experiencing Music … Experiencing Jazz
- That Four-Letter Word
- Defining Jazz
- Chapter Summary
- Study Questions
- Chapter 2 Listening to Jazz
- Performance Practice
- The Drum Set and Swing
- Orchestration and Instrumentation
- The Arrangement
- Instrumental Techniques and Special Effects
- Special Effects—The Sounds of Jazz
- Jazz Singing
- Understanding Jazz Improvisation
- Understanding the Whole Performance
- Describing the Performance
- Video Blues
- Chapter Summary
- Key Terms
- Study Questions
- Chapter 3 The Roots of Jazz
- Jazz in Perspective
- The Significance of African Music to Jazz
- African Musical Aesthetic
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Bamaaya”
- African Music as a Means of Communication
- The Afro-Latin and Caribbean Tinge
- Background
- Early Fusions
- Early American Vocal Music
- The Innovators: Getting the Blues
- Robert Johnson (1911-1938)
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Ramblin’ on my Mind”
- Bessie Smith (1984-1937)
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Lost Your Head Blues”
- W.C. Handy—“Father of the Blues” (1873-1958)
- Ragtime
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “St. Louis Blues”
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Maple Leaf Rag”
- Brass and Military Bands
- Chronicle of Historic Events
- Chapter Summary
- Key Terms
- Study Questions
- PART II: CLASSIC JAZZ
- Chapter 4 Jazz Takes Root
- Jazz in Perspective
- The Reception of Early Jazz
- New Orleans—The Birthplace of Jazz
- New Orleans Jazz Band Instrumentation
- The Innovators: Early Jazz
- Original Dixieland Jazz Band
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Dixie Jass Band One-Step”
- Kid Ory (1890-1973)
- Joe “King” Oliver (1885-1938)
- Lilian Hardin (1898-1971)
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Dippermouth Blues”
- Jelly Roll Morton (1890-1941)
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Black Bottom Stomp”
- Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “West End Blues”
- Sidney Bechet (1897-1959)
- Chronicle of Historic Events
- Chapter Summary
- Key Terms
- Study Questions
- Chapter 5 The Jazz Age: From Chicago to New York
- Jazz in Perspective
- On the Other Side of Town
- The Chicago Sound
- The Innovators: A Few of the Many
- New Orleans Rhythm Kings (NORK)
- Bix Beiderbecke (1903-1931)
- Frankie “Tram” Trumbauer (1901-1956)
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Singin’ the Blues”
- Paul Whiteman (1890-1967) and Symphonic Jazz
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Mississippi Mud”
- Boogie-Woogiue, Eight to the Bar
- The Decline of the Chicago Era
- New York and the Harlem Renaissance
- James P. Johnson (1891-1955)
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Carolina Shout”
- Marketing Jazz
- Chronicle of Historic Events
- Chapter Summary
- Key Terms
- Study Questions
- Chapter 6 The Swing Era: Jazz at Its Peak
- Jazz in Perspective
- The Depths of the Depression
- The Country Recovers
- The Anatomy of the Swing Era Jazz Band
- Instrumentation
- Repertoire and Arrangement
- The Innovators: Swing on the East Coast
- Fletcher Henderson (1897-1952)
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “The Stampede”
- Coleman Hawkins (1904-1969): “The Father of Jazz Tenor Saxophone”
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Body and Soul”
- Duke Ellington (1899-1974): Music Was His Mistress
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Ko-Ko”
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Isfahan”
- Benny Goodman (1909-1986): The “King of Swing”
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Good Enough to Keep”
- Popular White Swing Bands
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in Artie Shaw’s “Traffic Jam”
- The Vocalists’ Rise to Fame
- Ongoing Latin Influences
- Chapter Summary
- Key Terms
- Study Questions
- Chapter 7 Swinging Across the Country: The Bands, Singers, and Pianists
- Jazz in Perspective
- The Innovators: A Unique Kaycee Style
- Bennie Moten (1893-1935)
- William “Count” Basie (1904-1984)
- Lester Young (1909-1959)
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Every Tub”
- Territory Bands
- Mary Lou Williams (1910-1981)
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Mary’s Idea”
- The Innovators: A Few of the Swing Era Singers and Pianists
- Billie Holiday (1915-1981): “Lady Day”
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Body and Soul”
- Ella Fitzgerald (1918-1986): “The First Lady of Swing”
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Honeysuckle Rose”
- Art Tatum (1909-1956)
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Tea For Two”
- Traditional Jazz Revival
- Swing Era Success
- Chronicle of Historic Events
- Chapter Summary
- Key Terms
- Study Questions
- PART III: MODERN JAZZ
- Chapter 8 The Bebop Revolution
- Jazz in Perspective
- The Lifestyle and Musical Characteristics
- The Birth of Bebop: The First Recordings
- Characteristics of the Style
- Bebop Performance Practice and Instrumental Roles Defined
- The Innovators: Bop Stylists
- John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie (1917-1993)
- Charlie Parker (1920-1955)
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Anthropology”
- Dexter Gordon (1923-1990)
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Index”
- Thelonious Sphere Monk (1917-1982)
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Epistrophy”
- Sarah Vaughan (1924-1990): “The Divine One”
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Easy Living”
- Other Significant Bebop Figures
- Bud Powell (1924-1966)
- Oscar Pettiford (1922-1960)
- Kenny Clarke (1914-1985)
- Max Roach (1924-2007)
- Tadd Dameron (1917-1965)
- Fats Navarro (1923-1950)
- J.J. Johnson (1924-2001)
- Betty Carter (1930-1998), Carmen McRae (1920-1994), and Anita O’Day (1919-2006)
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Frenesi”
- Barney Kessel (1923-2004) and Tal Farlow (1921-1998)
- Modern Jazz Embraces the Afro-Cuban Spirit
- Dizzy Gillespie and the Birth of Cubop
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Manteca”
- The Decline of Bebop
- Chronicle of Historic Events
- Chapter Summary
- Key Terms
- Appendix: table of million selling record albums
- Study Questions
- Suggested Supplemental Listening
- Chapter 9 The 1950s and Early 1960s: Cool, Intellectual, and Abstract Jazz
- Jazz in Perspective
- Characteristics of Cool Jazz
- The Innovators: The Cool Sound on the East and West Coasts
- Miles Davis (1926-1991) and Gil Evans (1912-1988): The Birth of the Cool
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Moon Dreams”
- Modern Jazz Quartet
- Gerry Mulligan (1927-1996) and Chet Baker (1929-1988)
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Line for Lyons”
- Dave Brubeck (1920-2012)
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Blue Rondo á la Turk”
- Bill Evans (1929-1980)
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Witchcraft”
- The Brazilian Bossa Nova
- Stan Getz (1927-1991)
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “So Danço Samba”
- Third-Stream Jazz
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Transformation”
- Lennie Tristano (1919-1978)
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Intuition”
- Who Was Popular
- Chronicle of Historic Events
- Chapter Summary
- Key Terms
- Study Questions
- PART IV: POSTMODERN JAZZ
- Chapter 10 Tradition Meets the Avant-Garde: Moderns and Early Postmoderns Coexist
- Jazz in Perspective
- The Innovators: The Characteristics and Artists of Mainstream Hard Bop
- Art Blakey (1919-1990) Carries the Message
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Moanin’”
- Other Hard Bop Messengers
- Horace Silver (1928-2014)
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Strollin’”
- Clifford Brown (1930-1956) and Sonny Rollins (1930-)
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Pent Up House”
- More About Funky, Soul Jazz and the 1950s and 1960s
- Organ Trios and the Guitar
- Wes Montgomery (1923-1968)
- Jimmy Smith (1925-2005)
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “OGD”
- Lambert, Hendricks & Ross and the Vocal Groups of the 1950s and 1960s
- Everlasting Big Bands
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “La Suerte de los Tontos”
- Defining Postmodernism
- Ornette Coleman (1930-2015) and his Disciples
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Congeniality”
- The Innovators: Postmodern Jazz Comes of Age
- Charles Mingus (1922-1979) – The Underdog
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Boogie Stop Shuffle”
- The End of Modern Jazz Heralded by the Beginning of the Postmoderns
- Jazz in Academia
- Chapter Summary
- Key Terms
- Study Questions
- Chapter 11 Miles and Miles of Miles: Miles Davis and His Sidemen Redefine Postmodern Jazz
- Jazz in Perspective
- The Music
- The Early Miles
- The First Great Quintet
- Modal Jazz
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “So What”
- Miles and Gil
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Summertime”
- The Second Great Quintet
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Orbits”
- The Electronic Jazz-Rock Fusion Period
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Miles Runs the Voodoo Down”
- Davis Sidemen Become Major Forces
- John Coltrane (1926-1967)
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Giant Steps”
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “My Favorite Things”
- Wayne Shorter (1933-2023)
- Herbie Hancock (1940-)
- Chronicle of Historic Events
- Chapter Summary
- Key Terms
- Study Questions
- Chapter 12 The 1970s – An Electric Revolution
- Jazz in Perspective
- The Music
- Jazz and Rock: The Two-Way Connection
- The Innovators: Living Electric in the Shadow of Miles Davis
- Weather Report
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Palladium”
- Herbie Hancock and the Head Hunters
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Chameleon”
- John McLaughlin (1942-) and the Mahavishnu Orchestra
- Chick Corea (1941-2021)
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Spain”
- Soul and Pop Instrumental Jazz
- David Sanborn (1945-)
- The Brecker Brothers
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Some Skunk Funk”
- Grover Washington, Jr. (1943-1999)
- Chuck Mangione (1940-)
- The Signs of the Times: New Technologies and Changing Business Models
- Chronicle of Historic Events
- Chapter Summary
- Key Terms
- Study Questions
- Chapter 13 The Eclectic 1970s-1990s
- Long Live Acoustic Jazz
- The ECM Sound
- The Innovators: The Rebirth of Acoustic Jazz
- Keith Jarrett (1945-)
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “The Windup”
- Return of Expatriates Unleashes a Rebirth of Acoustic Jazz
- Wynton Marsalis (1961-) and the Young Lions
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Delfeayo’s Dilemma”
- Established Artists Set a New Standard
- John Scofield (1951-) and Joe Lovano (1952-)
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Some Nerve”
- Michael Brecker (1949-2007) and Pat Metheny (1954-)
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Song for Bilbao”
- The Freedom Fighters Take Risks
- Cecil Taylor (1929-)
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Jitney No. 2”
- Jazz/Pop Crossover Vocalists
- George Benson (1943-)
- Al Jarreau (1940-2017)
- Bobby McFerrin (1950-)
- Vocal Ensemble Renaissance
- The Manhattan Transfer
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Another Night in Tunisia”
- Old Bottles, New Wines – Long Live Big Bands
- The Changing Jazz Landscape as the Millennium Comes to a Close
- Chronicle of Historic Events
- Chapter Summary
- Key Terms
- Study Questions
- Chapter 14 Jazz for a New Century
- Jazz in Perspective
- A Note from the Authors
- Trends in Contemporary Jazz
- Popular Music Influences
- Tim Hagans (1954-)
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Trumpet Sandwich”
- Vocal Renaissance
- Esperanza Spalding (1984-)
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Cuerpo y Alma”
- Kurt Elling (1967-)
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Up From New Orleans”
- Contemporary Women Emerging as Innovators
- Teri Lynne Carrington (1965-)
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Mosaic Triad”
- Innovation Through Composition
- Maria Schneider (1960-)
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Hang Gliding”
- Afro-Cuban and Latin Jazz
- Danilo Pérez (1965-)
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Suite for the Americas, Part 1”
- Jazz as an International Language
- Rudresh Mahanthappa (1971-) and Vijay Iyer (1971-)
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “The Shape of Things”
- The New Innovators: 21st-Century Emerging Artists
- Jason Moran (1975-)
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Artists Ought to Be Writing”
- Chris Potter (1971-)
- Musical Highlights to Listen for in “Firefly”
- Closing Thoughts
- Chronicle of Historic Events
- Chapter Summary
- Key Terms
- Study Questions
- Chapter 14.5 The Story Continues
- Online Supplement Found at
- Introduction
- Selected Innovative Contemporary Artists
- Appendix I: Glossary of Terms
- Appendix II: Suggested Jazz Videos
- Appendix III: Chapter Notes and Additional Sources
- Index