Writings in Jazz

Contents

• Foreword v Acknowledgments vii Introduction ix Listening Examples xi
• 1. What is Jazz? 1
• 2. New Orleans 45
• 3. Ragtime 63
• 4. Religion and Jazz? 75
• 5. Minstrelsy and Its Effect on Jazz 85
• 6. The Blues 91
• 7. Chicago and New York During the 1920s 105
• 8. Kansas City: The Focal Point of Jazz in the Late 1920s 127
• 9. Swing 139
• 10. Bebop 159
• 11. Cool and Third Stream 191
• 12. Hard Bop (Late 1950s) 207
• 13. Free Jazz and the Avant-Garde (1960s) 229
• 14. Jazz Rock Fusion: 'The Big Crossover' (1970-1980) 251
• 15. Women in Jazz 259
• 16. Jazz: A World Music 271
• 17. The 1980s and 1990s: New Directions in Jazz 313 Jazz Education Opportunities 341 Endnotes 353 Discography of Jazz Recordings 357 Bibliography 367 Index 373