| Description |
x, 965 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 931-940) and indexes. |
| Contents |
1. Precursors -- 2. Classic jazz -- 3. Piano jazz : stride and boogie-woogie -- 4. Rise of the big bands -- 5. International jazz to World War II -- 6. Small groups in transition -- 7. Birth of bebop -- 8. Big-band bebop -- 9. Dissemination -- 10. Jazz singing to 1950 -- 11. New Orleans revival and mainstream jazz -- 12. Early Miles Davis -- 13. Hard bop and soul-jazz -- 14. Cool jazz and the West Coast movement -- 15. Big bands in transition -- 16. Coltrane and Mingus -- 17. Free jazz : Ornette Coleman and the "New thing" -- 18. Politicization : the AACM and other organizations -- 19. Jazz as world music -- 20. Jazz fusions -- 21. Postmodern jazz. |
| Subject |
Jazz -- History and criticism.
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| ISBN |
0826447546 hardback |
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082646338X |
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