Bebop to cool
Subtitle: context, ideology, and musical identity
By: Eddie S. Meadows.
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 383
Subjects: Bop (Music) -- History and criticism.; Cool jazz -- History and criticism.; Jazz -- Social aspects -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-356) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: I: New thoughts, new directions; title: Sociocultural context; title: Ideology; title: Musical appropriation; title: The transformation to bebop; title: II: Bebop: Articulating language and identity; title: Playing bebop; title: General musical characteristics of bebop; title: Bebop scales; title: The musical language of Dizzy Gillespie; title: The musical language of Charlie Parker; title: The musical language of Thelonious Monk; title: III: Articulating language and identity; title: Cool jazz; title: The musical language of Miles Davis; title: The musical language of Stan Getz; title: The musical language of Lennie Tristano.