Jazz - Tapa blanda

This outstanding introduction to the art of jazz -- and the art of listening to jazz -- offers eye-catching design, a conversational style, and broad scope to appeal to the widest audience. Helping readers make sense of changes in style and offering detailed listening guides that increase their musical pleasure, this book offers the total jazz experience from the African heritage to Ragtime and Dixieland through Swing, Bop, and Cool to Avant Garde, Latin Jazz, and Jazz Fusion.