Concise Guide to Jazz

Features + Benefits

• NEW - Chapter "NOW"-Covers: a) soul saxes basis for the "smooth jazz" musicians (Grover Washington, Kenny G, et al.) and for the style of David Sanborn and Michael Brecker; b) the swing dance craze; c) the retro movement as exemplified by the Marsalis brothers; d) the continuing legacies of jazz giants still active as the 21st century began, including Wayne Shorter and Joe Henderson; e) fresh approaches i.e., Klesmer, John Zorn and Dave Douglas.

  • Brings the study of jazz up-to-date.

• NEW - Prentice Hall Jazz Collection CD-Includes Jelly Roll Morton, Johnny Dodds, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Charlie Christian, Thelonious Monk, Milt Jackson, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Herman, Stan Getz, Maynard Feguson, Horace Silver, Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond, Herbie Hancock, Wynton Marsalis, Dave Douglas and others.

  • Packaged FREE with Concise Guide to Jazz.

• NEW - Upon request-Updated books and recordings lists.

• Appendix for musicians-Includes chord changes; modes; and bass lines.

• Chapter summaries-Contain quick-reference numbered statements.

  • Highlights the most important points of each chapter.

• A 76 minute Jazz Classics CD -Includes 21 historic recordings of the big names in jazz history.

  • Helps students appreciate why listeners became so excited about their styles, and spares students and instructors from the need to search for hard-to-locate, high-quality examples of each style.

• Demonstration CD -73 minutes long and includes 157 examples of instrument sounds and strategies for jazz combo improvisation.

  • Supplies students with demonstrations and narrative explaining twelve-bar blues, A-A-B-A, ride rhythms, walking bass, comping, trumpet vs. Flugelhorn, clarinet vs. soprano, sax vs. alto, sax vs. tenor, sax vs. baritone, sax, Harmon mute, plunger mute, chords, chord changes, blue notes, trombone, vibraphone, and flute.

• 17 in-depth (2-3 pages each) Listening Guides -Contains detailed, easy-to-follow, non-technical narratives and timed structural analyses for the events in each selection found on the accompanying Concise Guide Jazz Classics CD.

  • Alerts students to layers of activity in the music that become more evident on repeated listening, and emphasizes effective strategies to get the most enjoyment out of listening to jazz.

• Coverage of 43 of the most significant players.

  • Describes their music and place in the history of jazz.

• 32 page Elements of Music appendix.

  • Introduces, explains, and illustrates basic musical terms and concepts (e.g., tempo, beat, rhythm, scale, blue notes, chord progression, song forms, tone color) for the non-musician reader.

• Album Buying Strategies.

  • Assembles strategies for finding the recommended supplementary CDs and out-of-print LPs.

• Photos of instruments.

  • Provides students with illustrations to enhance the Elements of Music appendix and all chapters.

Backcover

The author tells what jazz is, how it originated, and how it is made. He emphasizes effective strategies to get the most out of listening to jazz. Focusing on 46 of the most historically significant musicians, Gridley offers a basic, first-time orientation to jazz.

• NEW TO THIS EDITION is a chapter entitled NOW which considers recent developments in contemporary jazz and discusses such players as: John Zorn, Kenny G, Dave Sanborn, Joe Henderson, and Wayne Shorter.
• EASY-TO-FOLLOW LISTENING GUIDES are keyed to 99 track numbers, chorus-by-chorus, on the 76-minute Classics CD (ISBN 0-13--142497-1): 21 historic recordings by Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and many more.
• The 72-minute Demonstration CD (ISBN 0-13-142496-3): 157 narrated illustrations of instruments and methods that jazz musicians use to make their music.
• The text is available at a discounted package price combined with the 2 accompanying CDs (ISBN 0-13-183979-9), or with just the Classics CD (ISBN 0-13-183980-2), or with just the Demonstration CD (ISBN 0-13-142519-6).
• Both CDs and a videocassette version of the Demonstration CD (Listening to jazz by Steve Gryb; ISBN 0-13-532$624) can be ordered by phoning $00-947-7700.
• 104 STUNNING PHOTOS of top musicians at work, with captions summarizing their contributions.
• ELEMENTS OF MUSIC APPENDIX offers an illustrated short course in the basics of music: rhythm, scales, blue notes, chord progressions, song forms, and tone color.
• ALBUM BUYING STRATEGIES APPENDIX gives handy pointers for quickly selecting and locating the best albums.