Download or read book Dictionary of Jazz Slang and Terminology written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pocket Dictionary of Jazz Terms and Slang Words written by Patrick L. Williams and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-12-27 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This pocket essential vocabulary is your ultimate resource in jazz universe. In less than 50 pages, get countless essential jazz terms and slang words right at your fingertips.
Download or read book Jazz Words written by Patrick L Williams and published by Books on Demand. This book was released on 2016-12-28 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This pocket dictionary is your ultimate resource in the jazz universe. Here you will find the most up-to-date terms and jazz slang words you need to know. In less than 50 pages, get countless jazz facts right at your fingertips with this essential resource.
Download or read book Jazz Talk written by Robert S. Gold and published by Da Capo Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 1982-04-21 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Language of Jazz written by Neil Powell and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2000 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The word "jazz" did not appear in print until around 1915 and was only grudgingly admitted into polite discourse.The Language of Jazzexplores the vocabulary that has grown up around it. It includes words unique to jazz (bebop, Dixieland, ragtime); ordinary words with specific jazz meanings (cool, jam, stride); musical terms adopted by jazz (bar, rhythm, swing); instruments associated with jazz (alto, clarinet, trombone); nicknames of outstanding musicians (Bird, Duke, Satchmo); place-names linked to movements in jazz (Chicago, Harlem, Storyville); record labels (Dial, Okeh, Savoy); and notable venues (Birdland, Cotton Club, Blue Note, Minton's). Neil Powell's book is for jazz lovers and provides for the unconverted, too, a witty, informative tour of the subject.
Download or read book The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz written by Barry Dean Kernfeld and published by London : Macmillan Press ; New York : Grove's Dictionaries of Music. This book was released on 1988 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, second edition is the largest, most comprehensive and accurate reference work on jazz ever published, putting the world of jazz at your fingertips. With articles on every aspect of the field, from jazz groups, composers and arrangers to instruments, terms, record labels and venues, the new edition is the ideal companion for scholars and enthusiasts in this rapidly growing field.The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, second edition is unique: No other title covers jazz to this extent across all forms and styles The only way to be completely up-to-date with the full scope of writing in this field Provides new perspectives to established areas of study--musicology, film and media, American studies, modern social history, women's studies and cultural studies, to name a few Offers a one-stop resource to all the key names in the jazz world
Download or read book Slang A Very Short Introduction written by Jonathon Green and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-02-25 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slang, however one judges it, shows us at our most human. It is used widely and often, typically associated with the writers of noir fiction, teenagers, and rappers, but also found in the works of Shakespeare and Dickens. It has been recorded since at least 1500 AD, and today's vocabulary, taken from every major English-speaking country, runs to over 125,000 slang words and phrases. This Very Short Introduction takes readers on a wide-ranging tour of this fascinating sub-set of the English language. It considers the meaning and origins of the word 'slang' itself, the ideas that a make a word 'slang', the long-running themes that run through slang, and the history of slang's many dictionaries. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Download or read book Dictionary of Contemporary Slang written by Tony Thorne and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With more than 7,000 definitions, this book provides a definitive guide to the use of slang today. It deals with drugs, sport and contemporary society, as well as favourite slang topics such as sex and bodily functions. In this convenient paperback edition of the highly acclaimed Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, language and culture expert Tony Thorne explores the ever-changing underworld of the English language, bringing back intriguing examples of eccentricity and irreverence from the linguistic front-line. "Thorne is a kind of slang detective, going down the streets where other lexicographers fear to tread." Daily Telegraph
Download or read book Dictionary of American Slang written by Barbara Ann Kipfer and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-10-19 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourth edition of this authoritative reference offers clear definitions for the slang words and idioms used in everyday American conversation. First published in 1960, this newly updated edition of Dictionary of American Slang traces the language of today back to its American roots. With thousands of entries ranging from the widely accepted to the taboo and obscure, slang words are explained in terms of definition, usage, and historical etymology. As language continues to evolve at an ever-increasing rate, Dictionary of American Slang offers an essential guide to the terms that are here to stay—as well as those that might otherwise be forgotten.
Download or read book Cassell s Dictionary of Slang written by Jonathon Green and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 1600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With its unparalleled coverage of English slang of all types (from 18th-century cant to contemporary gay slang), and its uncluttered editorial apparatus, Cassell's Dictionary of Slang was warmly received when its first edition appeared in 1998. 'Brilliant.' said Mark Lawson on BBC2's The Late Review; 'This is a terrific piece of work - learned, entertaining, funny, stimulating' said Jonathan Meades in The Evening Standard.But now the world's best single-volume dictionary of English slang is about to get even better. Jonathon Green has spent the last seven years on a vast project: to research in depth the English slang vocabulary and to hunt down and record written instances of the use of as many slang words as possible. This has entailed trawling through more than 4000 books - plus song lyrics, TV and movie scripts, and many newspapers and magazines - for relevant material. The research has thrown up some fascinating results
Download or read book Dictionary of American Slang written by Harold Wentworth and published by New York : Crowell. This book was released on 1975 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 2000 brand-new slang terms and familiar expressions that have acquired new meanings appear in the supplement. Altogether the volume contains more than 22,000 definitions.
Download or read book The Working Musician s Dictionary of Terms written by Karl W. Aranjo and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Informational, candid, irreverent and practical, Karl Aranjo's handy dictionary is the first reference of its kind for the contemporary gigging musician. Hundreds of musical slang terms - for pop, rock, jazz, blues and country styles - are defined, as well as business and technical terms anyone might need to know. The dictionary is written in a lively style that isn't exactly your regular, dry text book.
Download or read book Jazz and American Culture written by Michael Borshuk and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-11-30 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores jazz as a cultural lodestone and source of critical inquiry for over a century.
Download or read book Notes written by Music Library Association and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Jazz written by John S. Davis and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2012-08-24 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes entries on jazz artists, record labels, and musical concepts in addition to providing a 20-page chronology of jazz and extensive bibliographies for different jazz styles and jazz artists.
Download or read book The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz written by Barry Kernfeld and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, second edition will be the definitive resource for any serious lover & listener of jazz. This 3 volume hardcover second edition builds upon the impressive foundation laid by its predecessor in 1988 to become the most comprehensive jazz reference work ever published. Editor Barry Kernfeld, a well-known jazz authority & scholar, has brought together the world's leading experts in jazz, ensuring the accuracy, breadth, & depth expected from Grove's.
Download or read book The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English written by Tom Dalzell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Booklist Top of the List Reference Source The heir and successor to Eric Partridge's brilliant magnum opus, The Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, this two-volume New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English is the definitive record of post WWII slang. Containing over 60,000 entries, this new edition of the authoritative work on slang details the slang and unconventional English of the English-speaking world since 1945, and through the first decade of the new millennium, with the same thorough, intense, and lively scholarship that characterized Partridge's own work. Unique, exciting and, at times, hilariously shocking, key features include: unprecedented coverage of World English, with equal prominence given to American and British English slang, and entries included from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India, South Africa, Ireland, and the Caribbean emphasis on post-World War II slang and unconventional English published sources given for each entry, often including an early or significant example of the term’s use in print. hundreds of thousands of citations from popular literature, newspapers, magazines, movies, and songs illustrating usage of the headwords dating information for each headword in the tradition of Partridge, commentary on the term’s origins and meaning New to this edition: A new preface noting slang trends of the last five years Over 1,000 new entries from the US, UK and Australia New terms from the language of social networking Many entries now revised to include new dating, new citations from written sources and new glosses The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English is a spectacular resource infused with humour and learning – it’s rude, it’s delightful, and it’s a prize for anyone with a love of language.
