Jazz

by Paul O.W. Tanner

The twelfth edition of this trusted and respected text takes students on an extraordinary musical journey through the changing styles and fascinating history of jazz. Offering a listening-based approach to the study of jazz history, this text helps students gain a better understanding of the music and how it has evolved over the decades while remaining a uniquely American art form.

Genres: Music, Nonfiction

416 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Paul Tanner was an American musician and member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra.

Reviews

[Gerry · Rating 4 out of 5]

There are literally thousands of books on the subject of Jazz

This was one recommended to me by a professor and a performer at Appalachian State University

[And Rea · Rating 3 out of 5]

I stole this textbook from a roommate and read it cover to cover. It gave a wonderfully detailed history of this type of music and its many off-chutes. I found it extremely entertaining while reading it, but forgot almost everything I read the second I finished. And sadly I still can't distinguish bop, from cool, from third stream, from hard bop.

[Carol]

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[Mills College Library]

781.6509 T167 2013