Jazz issues: a critical history. / David W. Megill and Paul O.W. Tanner.
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TextPublication details: Madison, Wis. : Brown & Benchmark, c1995.Description: xii, 397 p.: ill.; 23 cmISBN: - 0697125718 (pbk.)
- 781.65/09 20
- ML3506.M4
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-378), discography (p. 379-381), and index.
Contents: Introduction -- Early influences, prejazz, early jazz -- Early new Orleans Dixieland to swing -- Bop to the present -- An Overview of theoretical concerns -- An Art form in its infancy -- Extemporized ensembles -- Ensemble compostion -- The Engine of popularity -- The Developing mainstream -- Notation and improvisation- a question of balance -- Classical/ jazz distinctions -- Fusion: An art form at risk -- Controversy among stylistic worlds.
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