Wikipedia:
Jazz
is a lively musical style that originated
at the beginning of the 20th century
within the African-American communities of
the Southern
United States. Its roots lie in the
African-American adoption of European
harmony and form to existing African
musical elements. African musical
influences are evident in the use of blue notes, improvisation,
polyrhythms, syncopation
and the swung
note.[1]
From its early development until the
present day, jazz has also incorporated
elements from American
popular music.[2]
As the music has
developed and spread around the world it
has drawn on many different national,
regional, and local musical cultures
giving rise, since its early 20th century
American beginnings, to many distinctive
styles: New Orleans jazz
dating from the early 1910s; big band swing,
Kansas City
jazz, and Gypsy jazz from
the 1930s and 1940s; bebop from the
mid-1940s; and on down through West Coast jazz,
cool jazz, avant-garde
jazz, Afro-Cuban jazz,
modal jazz, free jazz, Latin jazz in
various forms, soul jazz, jazz fusion, and
jazz
rock, smooth jazz, jazz-funk,
punk jazz, acid jazz, ethno jazz, jazz rap, cyber
jazz, Indo jazz, M-Base, nu jazz, and other
ways of playing the music.
In a 1988 interview,
trombonist J. J. Johnson
said, "Jazz is restless. It won't stay put
and it never will"
Jazz:
Books
American Big Bands
by William F. Lee
The Making Of
Burning For Buddy (A Tribute To
The Music Of Buddy Rich) 2 DVD Set
Jazz Pedagogy: The
Jazz Educator's Handbook and
Resource Guide by J. Richard
Dunscomb
Jukebox Saturday
Night: More Memories of the Big
Band Ear and Beyond by Richard
Grudens
Jazz Drumming in
Big Band and Combo by Sperie Karas
The World of
Swing: An Oral History of Big Band
Jazz by Stanley Dance
Swing : Third Ear
- The Essential Listening
Companion by Scott Yanow
The Big Bands by
George Thomas Simon
The Song Stars:
The Ladies Who Sang With the Bands
and Beyond (Song Stars) by Richard
Grudens
Swingin' the
Dream: Big Band Jazz and the
Rebirth of American Culture by
Lewis A. Erenberg
Glenn Miller and
His Orchestra (Da Capo Paperback)
by George T. Simon
The Wonderful Era
of the Great Dance Bands (A Da
Capo Paperback) by Leo Walker
The Big Band
Almanac (Da Capo Paperback) by Leo
Walker
Dialogues in
Swing: Intimate Conversations With
the Stars of the Big Band Era by
Fred Hall
The World of Count
Basie (Da Capo Paperback) by
Stanley Dance
Drummin' Men: The
Heartbeat of Jazz - The Swing
Years by Burt Korall
66. Torch Songs: A
Collection of Sultry Jazz and Big
Band Standards
- Boling, Mark. The
Jazz Theory Workbook. Advance Music.
- Coker, Jerry. Jazz Keyboard
for All Musicians. Advance Music.
- Dobbins, Bill. Jazz Arranging
and Composing, A Linear Approach.
Advance Music. 1986.
- Grove, Dick. Arranging
Concepts Complete. Alfred Publishing
Company, Inc. 1985.
- Miller, Ron. Modal Jazz
Composition and Harmony - Volumes 1
and 2. Advance Music. 1996.
- Roemer, Clinton. The Art of
Music Copying. Roerick Music Company.
1985.
- Sebesky, Don. The Contemporary
Arranger. Alfred Publishing Company,
Inc. 1979.
- Sturm, Fred. Changes Over
Time: The Evolution of Jazz Arranging.
Advance Music. 1995.
- Wright, Rayburn. Inside the
Score. Kendor Music, Inc. 1982.
