How to Listen to Jazz - Rilegato

Gioia, Ted

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ISBN 10: 0465060897 ISBN 13: 9780465060894

Casa editrice: Basic Books, 2016

Riassunto

Jazz is the great American art form, its very essence is predicated on freedom and creativity. Its sound unequivocally calls forth narratives of past struggles and future dreams. Yet jazz can be as inscrutable as it is mesmerizing, especially to outsiders who don't know what to make of improvisation or unexpected shifts in melody or tempo. How does a casual listener learn to understand and appreciate the nuances between the unapologetic and innovative sounds of Louis Armstrong, the complexity of Coleman Hawkin's saxophone, and the exotic and alluring compositions of Duke Ellington? How does Thelonius Monk fit in alongside Benny Goodman and John Coltrane?In How to Listen to Jazz , award-winning 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 shows exactly what to listen for in a jazz performance. He shares listening strategies that will help readers understand and appreciate jazz for the rest of their lives, and provides a history of the major movements in jazz right up to the present day. He concludes with a guide to 150 elite musicians who are setting the tone for 21st century jazz.Both an appreciation and an introduction to jazz by a foremost expert, How to Listen to Jazz is a must-read for anyone who's ever wanted to understand America's greatest contribution to the world of music.

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Recensione:

"How to Listen to Jazz is an effort to teach casual listeners how 'careful listening can demystify virtually all of the intricacies and marvels of jazz.'"―New York Times

"How to Listen to Jazz fills an important and obvious gap by offering a sensible and jargon-free introduction to what Gioia calls 'the most joyous sound invented during the entire course of twentieth-century music.' The book deserves a place alongside such classic works of jazz criticism as Martin Williams's The Jazz Tradition, Will Friedwald's Jazz Singing, the books of Gary Giddins and Gioia's own The History of Jazz."―Washington Post

"[How to Listen to Jazz is a] satisfying new book.... One of the best features of the book is a set of 'music maps,' as Mr. Gioia calls them, that serve as a guide to individual recordings."―Wall Street Journal

"His prose is brisk and well-paced, with many surprising insights along the way.... It's also a lot of fun, and before long you're no longer just a listener but an active participant in the music."―Washington Post

"How to Listen to Jazz is a packed and useful introduction to the medium with suggestions and aids for the listener who wants to gain entrance to a rich and complicated body of work."―Weekly Standard

"How to Listen to Jazz is a thorough, impassioned guide to a sound that tends either to inspire deep, almost religious devotion or cause eyes to go crossed...[Gioia] elucidates the music in a way that increases the listener's sense of awe and wonder, rather than supplants it."―Columbia Daily Tribune

"Gioia's engaging yet authoritative style makes How to Listen to Jazz not just a valuable primer but a delight to read."―City Journal (online)

A perfect way...to begin an understanding of a music that is, in truth, very, very easy to love."―Buffalo News

"How to Listen to Jazz is a fresh, clearly written and infinitely usable book that should put the jazz novice on track."―Library Journal

"A pretense-free primer on learning to appreciate jazz.... Curious neophytes can start here."―Mojo

Descrizione del libro:

An acclaimed music scholar presents an accessible introduction to the art of listening to jazz

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• Editore: Basic Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0465060897
• ISBN 13: 9780465060894
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 253