Jazz: The First 100 Years

Contents

• About the Authors. Intro: Jazz Basics.
• 1. Roots.
• 2. Early Jazz.
• 3. Morton, Bechet, Armstrong, and Beiderbecke.
• 4. 1920s Jazz in New York and Europe.
• 5. The Swing Era.
• 6. Swing-Era Bands and Stylists.
• 7. The Bebop Era.
• 8. The 1950s and New Jazz Substyles.
• 9. The 1960s Avant-Garde.
• 10. Mainstream Jazz: Into the 1960s.
• 11. Jazz-Rock, Jazz-Funk Fusion.
• 12. Jazz Since the 1980s. Notes. Glossary. Selected Readings. Selected Discography. Selected Jazz DVDs and Videos. Index.