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.