| Jazz 101: A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Jazz Contributor(s): Szwed, John F. (Author), Gardner, Grover (Read by) |
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ISBN: 0786190868 ISBN-13: 9780786190867 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $32.36 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: September 2003 Annotation: "Jazz 101 makes jazz, with all its intricacies of artistry and vast array of forms, accessible to readers in Szwed's fluid, entertaining prose. John F. Szwed is currently a professor of music, anthropology, African and African-American studies, and American studies at Yale University. He has written seven books on music and African-American culture. His honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Rockefeller Foundation Humanities Fellowship. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Jazz |
| Dewey: 781.65 |
| Physical Information: 1.92" H x 5.68" W x 6.4" (0.82 lbs) 7 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Jazz 101 is a fascinating entree into the world of jazz, for the beginner, novice, or jazz enthusiast. Szwed takes listeners on a tour of the varied and nonlinear history of jazz, exploring how it developed from an ethnic music to become America's most popular music and then part of the avant-garde in less than fifty years. Szwed's complete overview includes the major types of jazz and significant jazz musicians of the twentieth century; the roots of jazz, including its European and African influences; and recommended listening, plus appendixes on jazz singers, record guides, and more. Infinitely readable and highly entertaining, Jazz 101 is a vital tool in understanding and appreciating jazz. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gardner, Grover: - Grover Gardner is an award-winning narrator with over eight hundred titles to his credit. Named one of the "Best Voices of the Century" and a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine, he has won three prestigious Audie Awards, was chosen Narrator of the Year for 2005 by Publishers Weekly, and has earned more than thirty Earphones Awards. Szwed, John F.: -John F. Szwed is professor of music and director of the Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University. As a jazz musician, he played professionally for more than a decade. He is the author of sixteen books, including So What: The Life of Miles Davis, Space Is the Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra, and Alan Lomax: The Man Who Recorded the World. |