The Cambridge Companion to Jazz

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.