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The Cambridge Companion to Jazz

  • Editor: Cooke, Mervyn
  • Editor: Horn, David
most of the writers in this Companion are academics, and it's hard to fault the obvious passion underlying their diverse points of view

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Contents

  • Chronology of jazz; The word 'jazz' Krin Gabbard;
  • Part I . Jazz Times:
  • 1. The identity of jazz David Horn;
  • 2. The jazz diaspora Bruce Johnson;
  • 3. The jazz audience Jed Resula;
  • 4. Jazz and dance Robert Crease;
  • Part II . Jazz Practices:
  • 5. Jazz as musical practice Travis Jackson;
  • 6. Jazz as cultural practice Bruce Johnson;
  • 7. Jazz improvization Ingrid Monson;
  • 8. Spontaneity and organization Pete Martin;
  • 9. Jazz among the classics, and the case of Duke Ellington Mervyn Cooke;
  • Part III . Jazz Changes:
  • 10. 1959: the beginning of beyond Darius Brubeck;
  • 11. Free jazz and the avant-garde Jeff Pressing;
  • 12. Fusions and crossovers Stuart Nicholson;
  • Part IV . Soundings:
  • 13. Learning jazz, teaching jazz David Aka;
  • 14. History and myth: the problem of early jazz David Sagar;
  • 15. Analysing jazz Thomas Owens;
  • Part V . Jazz Takes:
  • 16. Valuing jazz Robert Walser;
  • 17. The jazz business Dave Laing;
  • 18. Images of jazz Krin Gabbard; Personalia.