Concise Guide to Jazz [with Jazz Classics CDs & Jazz Demonstration Disc for Jazz Styles: History and Analysis]

by Mark C. Gridley

0205940854 / 9780205940851 Concise Guide to Jazz & Jazz Classics CDs for Concise Guide to Jazz & Jazz Demonstration Disc for Jazz Styles: History and Analysis Package Package consists of: 0136010989 / 9780136010982 Jazz Demonstration Disc for Jazz Styles: History and Analysis 0205937004 / 9780205937004 Concise Guide to Jazz 0205937381 / 9780205937387 Jazz Classics CDs for Concise Guide to Jazz

Genres: Nonfiction, Music

312 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1991

Reviews

[My work is never done · Rating 5 out of 5]

Its a good book to learn the history of Jazz and how modern music relates to it. I learned for instance, that Jazz can trace its linage to military brass bands from the Civil War. So it's literally a musical phenomena that has been going on for centuries.

But it is a tad boring at first for someone who is not particularly into music or already knows the history well.

In either case, its a good read and comes with its sound track of Jazz music.