The best way to learn jazz is to listen to jazz. Beginners do not know where to start. The present guide is designed to help them in the first steps.
Jazz was developed at the beginning of the 20th century and has expanded up to this day. There are a lot of jazz styles. The most prominent are: jazz vocal, dixieland, swing, bebop, cool jazz, hard bop, free jazz, fusion, and avant-garde. With that guide you will start to explore jazz from the beginning and finish exploration in the present time.
The course lasts ten days. Thanks to the detailed selection of the recommended artists you will get to know almost all that jazz. Do not worry that you do not see in the syllabus such big stars as Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, or John Zorn. You will hear them as similar artists to the recommended ones.
Not all artists suggested by Last.fm will be jazz musicians or composers. For example Ornette Coleman is associated with such the 20th century contemporary classical composers as Karlheinz Stockhausen or John Cage, and Weather Report is associated with some rock bands as Soft Machine or Magma. If you do not want to hear them just skip unwanted tracks.
Not all jazz styles are equally well defined in Last.fm. The weakest tag is “cool jazz”. It is practically impossible to listen to cool jazz music or artists exclusively. But remember: the more users will use this tag the better it will meet the listeners’ needs.
Spend one day listening to each individual jazz style. You should be familiar with the older styles before you start to listen to the newer ones.
● Jazz vocal – Billie Holiday
● Dixieland – Bix Beiderbecke
● Swing – Count Basie
● Bebop – Charlie Parker
● Cool jazz – Gerry Mulligan
● Hard bop – Art Blakey
● Free jazz – Ornette Coleman
● Fusion – Weather Report
● Acid jazz – Jamiroquai
● Avant-garde – Ken Vandermark
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After ten days of exploring jazz music you probably already know which jazz styles and which jazz artists you prefer. Now you are ready to listen to jazz music unaided. And remember: do not worry – be happy!
Jazz was developed at the beginning of the 20th century and has expanded up to this day. There are a lot of jazz styles. The most prominent are: jazz vocal, dixieland, swing, bebop, cool jazz, hard bop, free jazz, fusion, and avant-garde. With that guide you will start to explore jazz from the beginning and finish exploration in the present time.
The course lasts ten days. Thanks to the detailed selection of the recommended artists you will get to know almost all that jazz. Do not worry that you do not see in the syllabus such big stars as Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, or John Zorn. You will hear them as similar artists to the recommended ones.
Not all artists suggested by Last.fm will be jazz musicians or composers. For example Ornette Coleman is associated with such the 20th century contemporary classical composers as Karlheinz Stockhausen or John Cage, and Weather Report is associated with some rock bands as Soft Machine or Magma. If you do not want to hear them just skip unwanted tracks.
Not all jazz styles are equally well defined in Last.fm. The weakest tag is “cool jazz”. It is practically impossible to listen to cool jazz music or artists exclusively. But remember: the more users will use this tag the better it will meet the listeners’ needs.
Spend one day listening to each individual jazz style. You should be familiar with the older styles before you start to listen to the newer ones.
● Jazz vocal – Billie Holiday
● Dixieland – Bix Beiderbecke
● Swing – Count Basie
● Bebop – Charlie Parker
● Cool jazz – Gerry Mulligan
● Hard bop – Art Blakey
● Free jazz – Ornette Coleman
● Fusion – Weather Report
● Acid jazz – Jamiroquai
● Avant-garde – Ken Vandermark
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After ten days of exploring jazz music you probably already know which jazz styles and which jazz artists you prefer. Now you are ready to listen to jazz music unaided. And remember: do not worry – be happy!
