Preface | p. v |
Acknowledgements | p. xii |
A Small Basic CD Collection | p. 1 |
Introduction | p. 2 |
Basics of Jazz | |
What is Jazz? | p. 4 |
Appreciating Jazz Improvisation | p. 10 |
Premodern Jazz | |
Origins of Jazz | p. 28 |
Early Jazz: Combo Jazz Prior to the Middle 1930s | p. 48 |
Swing: The Early 1930s to the Late 1940s | p. 80 |
Duke Ellington | p. 104 |
The Count Basie Bands | p. 122 |
Modern Jazz: The Early 1940s to the Early 1960s | |
Bop: The Early 1940s to the Middle 1950s | p. 133 |
Cool Jazz | p. 166 |
Hard Bop | p. 187 |
Miles Davis, His Groups & Sidemen | p. 214 |
John Coltrane | p. 240 |
Modern Jazz: The Early 1960s to the Early 1990s | |
1960s and 1970s Avant-Garde & "Free" Jazz | p. 256 |
Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, & Keith Jarret | p. 282 |
Jazz-Rock Fusion | p. 303 |
1980-2005 | p. 328 |
Appendices | |
Brief Outline of Jazz Styles | p. 355 |
Elements of Music | p. 356 |
Strategies for Album Buying | p. 380 |
A Small Basic Collection of Jazz Videos | p. 387 |
Glossary | p. 388 |
Supplementary Reading | p. 392 |
Sources for Solo Transcriptions | p. 397 |
For Musicians | p. 399 |
Index | p. 410 |
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