Introduction to Jazz History

Contents

• 1. The Roots of Jazz.
• 2. Work Songs: Huddie Ledbetter-"Leadbelly." I. THE BLUES-1900- .
• 3. Country Blues: Robert Johnson.
• 4. City Blues: Bessie Smith.
• 5. The Blues Continues: Muddy Waters, B. B. King, Eric Clapton, and Robert Cray. II. PIANO STYLES-1890- 1940.
• 6. Ragtime: Scott Joplin.
• 7. Stride: James P. Johnson and Fats Waller.
• 8. Boogie-Woogie: Jimmy Yancey and Meade "Lux" Lewis.
• 9. Piano Styles in Transition: "Fatha" Hines, Art Tatum, and Erroll Garner. III. NEW ORLEANS JAZZ AND DIXIELAND-1910- 1940.
• 10. New Orleans Dixieland: Joe "King" Oliver.
• 11. The Move to Chicago: Louis Armstrong and Bix Beiderbecke.
• 12. Jelly Roll Morton.
• 13. Leading Dixieland Soloists. IV. SWING-1934- 1945.
• 14. Swing: Benny Goodman and Fletcher Henderson.
• 15. Duke Ellington.
• 16. Count Basie, Billie Holiday, and Lester Young.
• 17. Swing in Transition. V. BEBOP-1943- 1960.
• 18. The Bebop Revolution: Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie.
• 19. Bebop Piano: Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell.
• 20. Hard Bop (Straight Ahead and Funky).
• 21. Bebop: In the Mainstream Today. VI. THIRD STREAM, COOL, AND BEYOND-1949- .
• 22. Third Stream and Avant-Garde: Miles Davis and Bill Evans.
• 23. Charles Mingus and the Modern Jazz Quartet.
• 24. Big Bands Continue. VII. FREE JAZZ-1960- .
• 25. Free Jazz: Ornette Coleman.
• 26. John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy.
• 27. Anthony Braxton and Cecil Taylor. VIII. JAZZ/ROCK FUSION-1968- .
• 28. Fusion: Chick Corea.
• 29. Fusion to Crossover. Epilogue: Jazz in Action. An Essay on Jazz and the Creative Spirit. Appendix A: The Elements of Music for the Nonmusician. Appendix B: The Elements of Jazz. Appendix C: Rock to Fusion: An Overview. Glossary. Bibliography. Discogr