How to listen to jazz

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Ted Gioia: How to listen to jazz (2016)

253 pages

English language

Published 2016

ISBN:
978-0-465-06089-4
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OCLC Number:
921864226

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Music scholar Ted Gioia presents a lively, accessible introduction to the art of listening to jazz. Covering everything from the music's structure and history to the basic building blocks of improvisation, Gioia discusses what to listen for in a jazz performance. He shares listening strategies that will help readers understand and appreciate jazz, and provides a history of the major movements in jazz right up to the present day.

2 editions

Subjects

  • Music appreciation
  • Analysis, appreciation
  • Jazz