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Jazz Masters of the Twentieth Century
Essay 4 . The Rhythm Section

 

 

 

 

 

 

The image you see is that of jazz master, pianist Oscar Peterson.
This image was found at www.glenngould.ca.

The music you hear is "C Jam Blues" performed by The Oscar Peterson Trio. From the album "Night Train: The Oscar Peterson Trio
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What is this essay about?

Instruments of the Rhythm Section . . . Piano
Art Tatum
Art Tatum's Style
The Mature Art Tatum
Goodbye To A Jazz Master
Jazz Piano in the 1940s & 1950s
Bud Powell
Bud Powell's Tragic Death
Oscar Peterson
Bill Evans
The Original Bill Evans Trio
The Sus4 Chord
Summary of the Sus4 Chord Technique
The Quintessential Bill Evans Trio
Bill Evans . . . Conversations With Myself
Bill's Second Trio
Bill Evans . . . The Third Trio
The Last Trio
Last Tribute
Other Significant Jazz Pianists of the Twentieth Century
Instruments of the Rhythm Section . . . Guitar
The Story of Jazz Guitar . . . Django Reinhardt
The Story of Jazz Guitar . . . Charlie Christian
Bebop Guitar
Bebop Guitar . . . Tal Farlow
Bebop Guitar . . . Jim Hall
The Younger Guitarists
Instruments of the Rhythm Section . . . Bass
Jimmy Blanton
Bebop Bassists
Oscar Pettiford
Charles Mingus
Scott La Faro

 

 

 

What music is in this essay?

Tea For Two
Carolina Shout
Handful Of Keys
West End Blues
Tiger Rag
After You've Gone (Take C)
Liza (Take A)
Beautiful Love
Gone With The Wind
Body And Soul
Elegie
Willow Weep For Me
Aunt Hagar's Blues
Just One Of Those Things
Lover
Sweet Lorraine
Too Marvelous For Words
Sweet Georgia Brown
Jay Jay
It Could Happen To You
Hallelujah
C Jam Blues
I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
Moten Swing
Concerto For Billy The Kid
So What
Minority
Peace Piece
Beautiful Love (Take 2)
Sweet And Lovely
Waltz For Debby (Take 2)
Milestones
Stella By Starlight
Bemsha Swing
Elsa
Granadas (The Maiden And The Nightingale)
Very Early
See Saw
I Do It For Your Love
Waltz For Debby (transcribed by Jed Distler)
Sophisticated Lady
'Round Midnight
Limehouse Blues
Minor Swing
Montmartre
Blues Clair
Place de Brouckere
Manoir des mes Reves (Django's Castle)
Django's Tiger
Diminushing
Lady Be Good
Seven Come Eleven
Solo Flight
Breakfast Feud
Swing To Bop
Stompin' At The Savoy
Get Out Of Town
Airegin
Django
Move
Yardbird Suite
Meteor
Like Someone In Love
Gone With The Wind
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
If I Should Lose You
Lullaby Of The Leaves
My Funny Valentine
Bag's Groove
Lookin' Up
Improvisation No. 2
Into The Dream
Swingin' At The Daisy Chain
Jack The Bear (Take It Away)
Pitter Panther Patter
The Laverne Walk
Stardust
In A Cello Mood
Devil Blues
Beautiful Love (Take 1)
My Romance

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