Know-it-all jazz : the 50 crucial concepts, styles & performers, each explained in under a minute

Know-it-all jazz The 50 crucial concepts, styles & performers, each explained in under a minute

Book - 2018

Know-It-All Jazz takes readers from the African-American roots and all the way to the global mix of styles and performers in today's jazz scene. Along the way, it looks at the shape, style, and instruments of the discipline, key personalities and recordings in the jazz canon, and, finally, at what might be expected next from this most diverse of musical forms. Punchy and engaging entries help readers understand the basics in under a minute, ensuring that this is the ultimate companion for newcomers to the instinctive and diverse world of jazz.

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Subjects
Jazz > History and criticism.
Jazz musicians > Biography.
Biographies.
Genres
Biographies
Published
New York, New York : Wellfleet Press 2018.
Language
English
Other Authors
Dave Gelly (compiler), Charles (Guitarist) Alexander (contributor), Kevin LeGendre (illustrator), Brian Priestley, 1946-, Chris (Jazz pianist) Parker, Tony Russell, 1946-, Steve Rawlings
Item Description
"Published in the UK in 2016 as 30-Second Jazz"--Title page verso.
Physical Description
160 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-155) and index.
ISBN
9781577151753
  • The shape of jazz
  • Styles of jazz
  • Instruments of jazz
  • Vocal jazz
  • Classic jazz albums
  • Jazz & the blues
  • Today is the question.
Review by Booklist Review

Each book in Quarto Press's Know-It-All series presents enough information, in a charmingly digestible format, to make anyone a small-talk aficionado. The volumes share a common format: 50 terms, names, or concepts explained over seven chapters. Each chapter begins with a two-page glossary of terms found in that chapter and a profile of a big name in the field. Each entry runs for two pages each: one page of information, one page of illustration. The information is divided into a thematically named three-second overview, three-minute at-a-glance information, three-second biographies, and cross references. Each book ends with a bibliography of books and websites, contributor biographies, and an index. Although brief, the contents are not elementary; instead, the Know-It-All books are sophisticated fun. Musician and scholar Gelly encourages readers to trust their ears while they learn to get jazz, then covers different styles of jazz, the major instruments and vocalists, key albums, and what is happening in jazz today.--Maguire, Susan Copyright 2018 Booklist

From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Review by Library Journal Review

Each installment in Wellfleet's "Know-It-All" series, with ten books and growing, addresses 50 essential topics at one page each. The entries all include seven sections, each with a glossary and a brief profile of a key player. In Know-It-All Anthropology, Underdown (biological anthropology, Oxford Brookes Univ.) offers an "instruction manual for human beings," from ancient to modern peoples. Editor Gelly, a former member of the New Jazz Orchestra and a writer for the Observer, organizes his volume by the style and instruments of jazz and covers vocals, classic jazz, and jazz and the blues. Editor Basset, a Master of Wine and World Sommelier Champion, explores everything from training and pruning grapes to tasting wine. VERDICT Though the titles promise to explain each idea in "under a minute," comprehension of some concepts may take longer. These friendly introductions for nonexperts will be useful to most libraries. © Copyright 2018. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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