Experiencing Jazz

  • Experiencing Jazz: A Listener's Companion
    By Michael Stephans

    ... opera singers like Audra McDonald, folk singers like Jonathan Edwards, blues singers like B.B. King, rockers like Bonnie Raitt, or totally uncategorizable singers like Tom Waits, Delbert McClinton, Norah Jones, and Queen Latifah.

  • Experiencing Jazz: eBook Only
    By Richard J. Lawn

    I do not agree that the layman's opinion is less ofa validjudgment ofmusic than that of a professional musician. Infact, Iwould often rely more on thejudgment ofa sensitive layman than that ofa professional ... —Jazz Pianist Bill Evans, ...

  • Experiencing Jazz
    By Richard Lawn

    "Experiencing Jazz, as the title suggests, provides an immersive experience using an integrated text, CD-ROM, and audio CD anthology designed for the non-musician or musician whose primary focus is not...

  • Experiencing Jazz: eBook Only
    By Richard J. Lawn

    This new edition features expanded coverage of women in jazz, the rise of jazz as a world music, the influence of Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz, and streaming audio.

  • Experiencing Jazz
    By Richard Lawn

    This new edition features expanded coverage of women in jazz, the rise of jazz as a world music, the influence of Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz, and streaming audio.

  • Experiencing Jazz
    By Richard J. Lawn, Justin G. Binek

    ... bebop period to black artists, who refocused jazz as an improvisational art, not as entertainment and dance accompaniment. Cool served to bring white ... Cool style characteristics Bebop style characteristics 1. Aside from ballads , bop was.

  • Experiencing Jazz
    By Richard Lawn, Justin G. Binek

    New to the third edition: Richard J. Lawn is joined by new co-author Justin G. Binek Expanded coverage of artists, particularly important vocalists and prominent women in jazz, including Bobby McFerrin, Kurt Elling, The Manhattan Transfer, ...