Experiencing Jazz: Online Access to Music Token

Contents

• Part 1 . Understanding Jazz
• 1. The Nature of Jazz
• 2. The Elements of Jazz
• 3. Listening to Jazz
• 4. The Roots of Jazz
• Part 2 . Classic Jazz
• 5. Jazz Takes Root
• 6. The Jazz Age: From Chicago to New York
• 7. The Swing Era: Jazz at Its Peak
• 8. Mid-West Swing and A Few More Among Many
• Part 3 . Modern Jazz
• 9. The Bebop Revolution
• 10. Be Cool: Fifties and Early Sixties Cool, Intellectual and Abstract Jazz
• Part 4 . Post-Modern Jazz
• 11. Tradition Meets the Avant-Garde: Moderns and Early Post-Moderns Coexist
• 12. Miles and Miles of Miles: Miles Davis and His Sidemen
• 13. The Electric 1970s and 1980s
• 14. The Unplugged, Eclectic 1970s and 1980s
• 15. Jazz At The Close Of The Century
• 16. The Afro-Latin and Caribbean Connection