[Dixielandjazz] Audio demonstration of jazz styles
Robert Ringwald
rsr at ringwald.com
Sat Dec 1 14:07:31 PST 2012
Gene Krupa trumpet player???
From: Ken Gates
Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2012 10:05 AM
To: Bob Ringwald
Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Audio demonstration of jazz styles
Deep in my archives I rediscovered a book "A Study of Jazz" 4th edition
(1981) by Paul Tanner and Maurice Gerow. Included in this interesting
book was a small LP that demonstrated the styles of jazz associated with
time periods from 1900 through 1980. Very well done---it starts with a
simple melody composed by the authors and subsequently played in
the styles explained in the chapters written. The nine tracks are---
1-Tune melody 2-Early New Orleans 3-Ragtime 4-Chicago
5-Boogie Woogie 6-Big Band Swing 7-Bop 8-Cool 9-Funky
The musicians are professionals -- the names were not familiar to me--
but a quick internet search showed a Gene Krupa trumpet player for
example, and other credentials of other names. I think it is very well
done and provides better understanding than narrative can do.
I have converted to digital mp3 format and thus can email the tracks
to those who may be interested. Each track is short---ranging from
32 seconds to a minute and 29 seconds. It may be helpful to those
wishing for a better understanding of the evolution of jazz. It was
enlightening to me, at least.
Ken Gates
Ventura
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