The anatomy of jazz / Leroy Ostransky.

Author/creator Ostransky, Leroy
Format Book
Publication InfoWestport, CT : Greenwood Press, 1973, ©1960.
Descriptionxiii, 362 pages : music ; 22 cm
Subjects

Contents Some early difficulties -- Toward a definition of jazz -- Understanding improvisation -- The musical elements of jazz -- Understanding style -- New Orleans style -- Preswing -- Swing -- The modern era -- Toward the future.
General noteReprint of the edition published by University of Washington Press, Seattle.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliography (pages 345-356) and index.
LCCN 73011857
ISBN0837170923