Outlines & Highlights for Jazz Styles: History and Analysis by Mark C. Gridley, ISBN: 9780136005896 (Paperback) - Common

Basics Of Jazz. What Is Jazz? ; Appreciating Jazz Improvisation -- Premodern Jazz. Origins Of Jazz ; Early Jazz : Combo Jazz Prior To The Middle 1930s ; Swing : The Early 1930s To The Late 1940s ; Duke Ellington ; The Count Basie Bands -- Modern Jazz : The Early 1940s To The Early 1960s. Bop : The Early 1940s To The Early 1950s ; Cool Jazz ; Hard Bop ; Miles Davis, His Groups & Sidemen ; John Coltrane -- Modern Jazz. The Early 1960s To The Present. 1960s And 1970s Avant-garde And Free Jazz ; Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, And Keith Jarrett ; Jazz-rock Fusion ; 1980 To The Present ; Other Voices -- Appendices. Brief Outline Of Jazz Styles ; Elements Of Music ; Strategies For Buying Recorded Music ; A Small Basic Collection Of Jazz Videos ; Glossary ; Supplementary Reading ; Sources For Solo Transcriptions ; For Musicians. Mark C. Gridley. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 483-487) And Index.