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3) Jazz
Author
Publisher
AV2 by Weigl
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Did you know that jazz music has its roots in Africa and Europe? It came from a kind of music called ragtime. Find out more in Jazz,
one of the titles in the My Favorite Music series.
Author
Series
Publisher
Rourke Educational Media
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Jazz is a uniquely American art form. This popular style of music sprang from post-slavery African-American culture, as children of slaves settled in big cities. They began to fuse their musical heritage with the influences of their new surroundings, and the result is still felt in the music we know as jazz today.
Series
Ken Burns PBS Home Video volume 2
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Traces the origins and history of jazz, focusing on the individual musicians who helped shape its development.
Series
Ken Burns PBS Home Video volume 3
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Traces the origins and history of jazz, focusing on the individual musicians who helped shape its development.
Author
Series
Publisher
Barron's
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
This book traces the history and development of jazz through its instrumentalists and singers and explains how jazz forms came to influence and merge with Broadway show music, the swing bands of the 1930s and 1940s, the rock-and-roll of the 1950s and the electronic music of today.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Documentary exploring the history of jazz from its beginnings through the 1990s, including the stories of many of its creators and performers. Includes archival video, still photographs, historical performances, and newly recorded interviews and musical performances.
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
"Jazz: The First Century marks the passage of the music's first hundred years by bringing together text and art in a chronicle that opens up the vibrant world of jazz to everyone." "Jazz: The First Century is edited by John Edward Hasse, Curator of American Music at the Smithsonian Institution, leading a writing team of today's finest and most widely respected jazz authorities. Their compelling essays are complemented by a design packed with more...
18) Jazz for dummies
Author
Publisher
IDG Books Worldwide
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Computer disk contents: Consult Appendix B for "What's on the CD" for song titles and artists.
Series
Ken Burns PBS Home Video volume 6
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Traces the origins and history of jazz, focusing on the individual musicians who helped shape its development.