A New History of Jazz

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Preface
Introduction: Rethinking Jazz History
Part 1: Origins
1. Precursors
2. Classic Jazz
3. Piano Jazz: Stride and Boogie-Woogie
4. The Rise of the Big Bands
5. International Jazz to World War II
Part 2 : From Swing to Bop
6. Small Groups in Transition
7. The Birth of Bebop
8. Big-Band Bebop
9. Dissemination
10. Jazz Singing to 1950
11. The New Orleans Revival and Mainstream Jazz
Part 3: Consolidation of Bebop
12. Early Miles Davis
13. Hard Bop and Soul-Jazz
14. Cool Jazz and the West Coast Movement
15. Big Bands in Transition
Part 4 : New Jazz
16. Coltrane and Mingus
17. Free Jazz: Ornette Coleman and the "New Thing"
18. Politicization: The AACM and Other Organizations
19. Jazz Fusions
20. Keyboard Jazz Since World War II
21. Jazz Singing Since World War II
22. International Jazz: Jazz as World Music
23. Postmodern Jazz.

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In this major update of the acclaimed and award-winning jazz history, Alyn Shipton challenges many of the assumptions that surround the birth and growth of jazz music. How was it that it took off all over the United States early in the 20th century, despite the accepted wisdom that everything began in New Orleans? Shipton also re-evaluates the transition from swing to be-bop, asking just how political this supposed modern jazz revolution actually was. He makes the case for jazz as a truly international music from its earliest days, charting significant developments outside the USA from the 1920s onwards.All the great names in jazz history are here, from Louis Armstrong to Miles Davis and from Sidney Bechet to Charlie Parker and John Coltrane. But unlike those historians who call a halt with the death of Coltrane in 1967, Shipton continues the story with the major trends in jazz over the last 40 years: free jazz, jazz rock, world music influences, and the re-emergence of the popular jazz singer. This new edition brings the book completely up-to-date, including such names as John Medeski, Diana Krall, Django Bates, and Matthias Ruegg. There are also important new sections on Latin Jazz, and the repertory movement.

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