Traces the cultural and ideological context that produced Bebop music, from the 1920s though the period of Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonius Monk, Charlie Parker, and many other revolutionary musicians.
Introduction New Thoughts, New Directions Sociocultural Context Ideology Musical Appropriation The Transformation to Bebop Bebop: Articulating Language and Identity Playing Bebop General Musical Characteristics of Bebop Bebop Scales The Musical Language of Dizzy Gillespie The Musical Language of Charles Parker The Musical Language of Thelonious Monk Cool: Articulating Language and Identity Cool Jazz The Musical Language of Miles Davis The Musical Language of Stan Getz The Musical Language of Lennie Tristano Conclusions Appendix: Transcriptions Discussed in the Book Glossary References Index
EDDIE S. MEADOWS is Professor of Music and Graduate Advisor in the School of Music and Dance at San Diego State University. Specializing in African-American music, particularly jazz, his publications include Jazz Reference and Research Materials, Jazz Research and Performance Materials: A Select Annotated Bibliography, and, as co-editor, California Soul: Music of African Americans in the West.
?[T]his is an important and useful discussion of a topic that has
not received a lot of attention in jazz literature....This book is
highly recommended for those whose knowledge of jazz performance
and theory is sufficiently developed.?-Music Educators Journal
?Meadows undertook a huge challenge when he set out, first, to
describe and analyze modern jazz in terms of the historical context
musically, socially, politically, and culturally and, second, to
explore the characteristics of modern jazz as it existed in the
middle of the 20th century....Meadows provides some balance to
those who look at jazz history primarily as a musical development
without adequate attention to the world in which it exists. The
author achieves a major goal by providing a context in which to
view the world of modern jazz. Essential. Upper-division
undergraduates through faculty and professionals.?-Choice
"ÝT¨his is an important and useful discussion of a topic that has
not received a lot of attention in jazz literature....This book is
highly recommended for those whose knowledge of jazz performance
and theory is sufficiently developed."-Music Educators Journal
"[T]his is an important and useful discussion of a topic that has
not received a lot of attention in jazz literature....This book is
highly recommended for those whose knowledge of jazz performance
and theory is sufficiently developed."-Music Educators Journal
"Meadows undertook a huge challenge when he set out, first, to
describe and analyze modern jazz in terms of the historical context
musically, socially, politically, and culturally and, second, to
explore the characteristics of modern jazz as it existed in the
middle of the 20th century....Meadows provides some balance to
those who look at jazz history primarily as a musical development
without adequate attention to the world in which it exists. The
author achieves a major goal by providing a context in which to
view the world of modern jazz. Essential. Upper-division
undergraduates through faculty and professionals."-Choice
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