Interactive Listening -- Jazz Styles

Tanner/Megill Jazz, McGraw Hill


The following examples were composed by Paul Tanner (who also performed on the selections). Notice that each of the selections use the same melody to better demonstrate stylistic differences.

Jazz Interpretation (Interactive Guide 10)
Jazz Expressions (Interactive Guide 11)
Blues Interpretation (Interactive Guide 12)
Ragtime (Interactive Guide 1)
Early New Orleans Style (Interactive Guide 2)
Chicago Style Dixieland (Interactive Guide 3)
Boogie Woogie (Interactive Guide 4)
Swing (Interactive Guide 5)
Bop (Interactive Guide 6)
Cool (Interactive Guide 7)
Hard Bop/Funky (Interactive Guide 8)


The following example was composed by David Megill (who also performed on this recording).

Free Jazz (Interactive Guide 9)


The following example was composed and performed by Lawrence Hopkins. He synthesized the sounds used in his composition. He used electronic equipment commonly used during the 1970s fusion period.

Fusion