Sisällysluettelo:
“…Introduction ; Musical orientation : elements and instruments ; Jazz form and improvisation ; The roots of jazz ; New Orlens ; New York in the 1920s ; Louis Armstrong and the first great soloists ; Swing bands ; Count Basie and Duke Ellington ; A world of soloists ; Rhythm in transition ; Modern jazz : bebop ; The 1950s : cool jazz and hard bop ; Jazz composition in the 1950s ; Modality : Miles Davis and John Coltrane ; The avant-garde ; Fusion I: R&B, singers, and Latin jazz ; Fusion II: Jazz, rock, and beyond ; Historicism : jazz on jazz ; Jazz today ; Selected musicians on primary jazz instruments ; Glossary ; Collecting jazz recordings ; End notes…”
Sisällysluettelo:
“…. - The roots of jazz / Ernest Borneman. - New Orleans and traditions in jazz / Charles Edward Smith. - Ragtime / Guy Waterman. - Jelly Roll Morton / Martin Williams. - Blues to drive the blues away / Paul Oliver. - Boogie-woogie / Max Harrison. - Chicago / John Steiner. - The spread of jazz and the big bands / Hsio Wen Shih. - Kansas City and the Southwest / Franklin S. …”