30-second jazz : the 50 crucial concepts, styles and performers, each explained in half a minute
2019
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For its initiates, jazz is instinctive and engaging - the way that popular music should be. For non-aficionados, it can be slippery and difficult to grasp: without familiar forms or a hard-and-fast format, and largely ruled by improvisation, jazz leaves the novice baffled, not sure how to listen, and asking 'how is it that they know what to play'. This book explains, in easy, short riffs that keep you engaged, taking readers from the African-American roots of jazz all the way to today's global mix of musicians and styles.
Main title:
30-second jazz : the 50 crucial concepts, styles and performers, each explained in half a minute / editor, Dave Gelly ; contributors, Charles Alexander, Kevin LeGendre, Chris Parker, Brian Priestley, Tony Russell ; illustrations, Steve Rawlings.
Author:
Gelly, Dave, editorRawlings, Steve, illustrator
Imprint:
London : Ivy Press, 2019.
Collation:
160 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2016.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781782407539 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
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BRN:
2266926
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