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xii Jazz For Dummies, 2nd Edition Are You Hep to the Jive? Jazz Jargon.........................................................210 Making the Sale: Jazz in Advertising..........................................................212 Chapter 12: Good Times: Jazzing Up Any Dinner Party . . . . . . . . . . . .213 Setting the Stage with Jazzy Décor ............................................................213 Cueing Up Terrific Tunes.............................................................................215 Easing into the evening......................................................................216 Boosting the energy during dinner ..................................................216 Upping the elegance during dessert ................................................217 Ending your night on an electric note .............................................218 Keeping the Conversation Flowing with Jazz Talk...................................220 Finding nuggets of info to share with your guests .........................220 Dishing about lesser-known musicians ...........................................220 Sending Your Guests Home with Fun Party Favors .................................225 Chapter 13: Lovin’ It Live: A Jazz Concert Survival Guide . . . . . . . . .227 Do Your Homework: Researching Different Artists .................................228 Searching for basic information about musicians and tours........228 Reading reviews of a tour..................................................................230 A Room with a View (and Good Sound): Assessing Venues ...................232 Surveying sound quality....................................................................233 Steering clear of a few bad venue features .....................................233 Have a Seat: Scoring Great Tickets Creatively..........................................235 Behave Yourself: A Concert Etiquette Primer ..........................................236 Respond appropriately to the music ...............................................237 Check the rules before you snap photos ........................................237 Approach musicians respectfully.....................................................238 Live and Global: Great Jazz Venues around the World............................239 Chapter 14: Traveling Jazz: Your Ticket to the Best Festivals . . . . . .241 Starting with the Newport Jazz Festival....................................................242 Touring Some American Festivals..............................................................243 Chicago Jazz Festival .........................................................................243 Detroit International Jazz Festival....................................................243 Earshot Jazz Festival, Seattle............................................................243 Elkhart Jazz Festival, Indiana............................................................244 Indy Jazz Fest, Indiana .......................................................................244 Monterey Jazz Festival, California....................................................244 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival..............................................245 Playboy Jazz Festival, Hollywood ....................................................245 Portland Jazz Festival, Oregon .........................................................245 San Francisco Jazz Festival ...............................................................246 Telluride Jazz Celebration, Colorado...............................................246 Foreign Affairs: Jazz Festing Abroad..........................................................246 Copenhagen Jazz Festival, Denmark................................................246 Guelph Jazz Festival, Canada............................................................247
Table of Contents Guinness Jazz Festival, Cork, Ireland...............................................247 International Festival Musique Actuelle, Victoriaville, Canada....247 Jazz Festival Willisau, Switzerland ...................................................248 Malta Jazz Festival..............................................................................248 Moers International New Jazz Festival, Germany ..........................248 Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland ................................................248 North Sea Jazz Festival, Rotterdam, the Netherlands ...................249 Umbria Jazz Festival, Perugia, Italy..................................................249 Checking Out Traditional Jazz Festivals ...................................................249 Planning a Trip to a Festival .......................................................................251 Part IV: I Like the Way You Play: The Jazz Musician ...253 Chapter 15: Feeding the Jazz Jones: Advice for Aspiring Players . . .255 Sparking an Interest in Music .....................................................................256 Selecting the Right Instrument...................................................................258 Trying out instruments for size........................................................258 Surveying the pros and cons of specific instruments ...................258 Deciding whether to rent or buy ......................................................260 Making the Most of Lessons .......................................................................260 Finding a terrific teacher ...................................................................261 Keeping an eye on the practice routine ..........................................262 Pursuing Music in College...........................................................................263 Receiving a well-rounded education................................................263 Looking at top music schools...........................................................265 Chapter 16: So You Wanna Be in a Band: Fitting into a Jazz Ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269 Joining an Established Group.....................................................................270 Building a Band from the Ground Up ........................................................271 Recruiting the members ....................................................................271 Understanding the role of a leader ..................................................274 Considering band members’ contributions ....................................275 Playing well together .........................................................................276 Stocking up on standard songs and wild cards..............................278 Publicizing Your Band and Landing Gigs ..................................................281 Harnessing the power of the Internet..............................................281 Smiling for the camera.......................................................................282 Playing for free....................................................................................283 Performing at social events ..............................................................284 Approaching a variety of local venues ............................................285 Producing a CD ...................................................................................285 Preparing Yourself and Your Band to Perform.........................................287 Taking (and Polishing) Your Show on the Road.......................................288 xiii
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seconds, filling the space behind a
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Part II Jazz Greats and Great Jazz:
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Surveying Influential Bebop Musicia
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Figure 8-1: Classical fugues influe
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Hear Dolphy’s wild leaps of imagi
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Although some fans and critics dism
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In the ’30s, bandleaders Don Azpi
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O’Farrill created “Undercurrent
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musical elements through travels to
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Gato Barbieri Born in Argentina, sa
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population in 2005, for instance),
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Hilton Ruiz Ruiz (born 1952) grew u
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Part III The Beat Goes On: Jazz App
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Chapter 11 Mass Appeal: Taking Note
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Cool venues to check out include
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Los Angeles Considering its wealth
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Part VI Appendixes
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Appendix A More Than 100 Recommende
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Bebop and Hard Bop Appendix A: More
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Avant Garde Jazz and Free Jazz Begi
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� Count Basie, bandleader and pia
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The Story of Jazz (Oxford Universit
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multi-track recording, 292, 293 mus
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