The Cambridge companion to jazz

Abstract

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.