03225cam a2200325 4500 406297921 TxAuBib 20191013120000.0 ||||||s1995||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781682764015 168276401X 6ba7b57f-9484-4062-9676-f33eb8bbb92b OverDrive (Reserve ID) 3070832 OverDrive (Product ID) 728 3070832 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Messenger, Bill. Elements of Jazz [Libby] : From Cakewalks to Fusion. The Great Courses, 1995. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 164MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 164MB. Music. Nonfiction. HTML:<p>Jazz is a uniquely American art form, one of America's great contributions to not only musical culture, but world culture, with each generation of musicians applying new levels of creativity that take the music in unexpected directions that defy definition, category, and stagnation. Now you can learn the basics and history of this intoxicating genre in an eight-lecture series that is as free-flowing and original as the art form itself. You'll follow the evolution of jazz from its beginnings in the music and dancing of the antebellum plantations to its morphing into many shapes as its greatest innovators gave us ragtime, the blues, the swing music of the big band era, boogie-woogie, and big band blues. You'll follow the rise of modern jazz in all of its many forms, including bebop, cool, modal, free, and fusion jazz. And you'll learn how the course of jazz was changed by key technological innovations, such as the invention of the microphone, which allowed smaller-voiced singers like Bing Crosby or Mel Torme to share a limelight once reserved for the bigger voices of stars like Bessie Smith or Al Jolson. Beginning the story on those antebellum plantations, Professor Messenger reveals how the "cakewalks" of slave culture gave birth to a dance craze at the end of the 19th century that was ignorant of its own humble roots. And he explores the irony of the minstrel shows, which derived from Southern beliefs of black cultural inferiority yet eventually spawned a musical industry that African-American musicians would dominate for decades to come. As a bonus, the lectures are also very entertaining, with Professor Messenger frequently turning to his piano to illustrate his musical points, often with the help of guest artists.</p>. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2019-12-13 22:00:03. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/7061-1/3070832-ElementsOfJazz.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=6ba7b57f-9484-4062-9676-f33eb8bbb92b&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/7061-1/3070832-ElementsOfJazz.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=6ba7b57f-9484-4062-9676-f33eb8bbb92b&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)