| Contents |
African roots of jazz / Samuel A. Floyd Jr. -- European roots of jazz / William H. Youngren -- Ragtime then and now / Max Morath -- The early origins of jazz / Jeff Taylor -- New York roots: Black Broadway, James Reese Europe, early pianists / Thomas L. Riis -- The blues in jazz / Bob Porter -- Bessie Smith / Chris Albertson -- King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, and Sidney Bechet: Ménage à trois, New Orleans style / Bruce Boyd Raeburn -- Louis Armstrong / Dan Morgenstern -- Bix Beiderbecke / Digby Fairweather -- Duke Ellington / Mark Tucker -- Hot music in the 1920s -- The "Jazz Age," appearances and realities / Richard M. Sudhalter -- Pianists of the 1920s and 1930s / Henry Martin -- Coleman Hawkins / Kenny Berger -- Lester Young / Loren Schoenberg -- Streamlining jazz -- Major soloists of the 1930s and 1940s / John McDonough -- Jazz singing: between blues and bebop / Joel E. Siegel -- Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, and Billie Holiday / Patricia Willard -- Jazz and the American song / Gene Lees -- Pre-swing era big bands and jazz composing and arranging / James T. Maher and Jeffrey Sultanof -- Swing era big bands and jazz composing and arranging / Max Harrison -- The advent of bebop / Scott DeVeaux -- The New Orleans revival / Richard Hadlock -- Charlie Parker / James Patrick -- Cool jazz and West Coast jazz / Ted Gioia -- Jazz and classical music -- To the third stream and beyond / Terru Teachout -- Pianists of the 1940s and 1950s / Dick Katz -- Hard bop / Gene Seymour -- Miles Davis / Bob Belden -- Big bands and jazz composing and arranging after World War II / Doug Ramsey -- Thelonius Monk and Charles Mingus / Brian Priestley -- John Coltrane / Lewis Porter -- The avant-garde, 1949-1967 / Lawrence Kart -- Pianists of the 1960s and 1970s / Bob Blumenthal -- Jazz singing since the 1940s / Will Friedwald -- Jazz since 1968 / Peter Keepnews -- Fusion / Bill Milkowski -- Jazz repertory / Jeffrey Sultanof -- Latin jazz / Gene Santoro -- Jazz in Europe -- The real world music or the full circle / Mike Zwerin -- Jazz and Brazilian music / Stephanie L. Stein Crease -- Jazz in Africa: the ins and outs / Howard Mandel -- Jazz in Japan / Kiyoshi Koyama -- Jazz in Canada and Australia / Terry Martin -- The clarinet in jazz / Michael Ullman -- The saxophone in jazz / Don Heckman -- The trumpet in jazz / Randy Sandke -- The trombone in jazz / Gunther Schuller -- The electric guitar and vibraphone in jazz: batteries not included / Neil Tesser -- Miscellaneous instruments in jazz / Christopher Washburne -- The bass in jazz / Bill Crow -- Jazz drumming / Burt Korall -- Jazz and dance / Robert Pl. Crease -- Jazz and film and television / Chuck Berg -- Jazz clubs / Vincent Pelote -- Jazz and American literature / Gerald Early -- Jazz criticism / Ron Welburn -- Jazz education / Charles Beale -- Recorded jazz / Dan Morgenstern -- Jazz improvisation and concepts of virtuosity / David Demsey. |
| Abstract |
Essays cover major historical trends and figures, discuss jazz in different countries, review the role of most instruments and consider the place of jazz in other arts, like dance, literature and film. Jazz and its colorful, expansive history resonate in this unique collection of 60 essays specially-commissioned from today's top jazz performers, writers, and scholars. Contributors include such jazz insiders as Bill Crow, Samuel A. Floyd Jr., Ted Gioia, Gene Lees, Dan Morgenstern, Gunther Schuller, Richard M. Sudhalter, and Patricia Willard. Both a reference book and an engaging read, the Companion surveys the evolution of jazz from its roots in Africa and Europe until the present. Along the way, each distinctive style and period is profiled by an expert in the field. Whether your preference is ragtime, the blues, bebop, or fusion, you will find the chief characteristics and memorable performances illuminated here with a thoroughness found in no other single-volume jazz reference. This volume features individual biographies of the most memorable characters of this relatively young art form. Sidney Bechet, King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, Bessie Smith, Duke Ellington, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, and the divas of jazz song--Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and Sarah Vaughan--come to life in thoughtful considerations of their influences, often turbulent personal lives, and signature styles. In addition, this book looks at the impact of jazz on American culture-in literature, film, television, and dance-and explores the essential instruments of jazz and their most memorable players.The Oxford Companion to Jazz will provide a quick reference source as well as a dynamic and broad overview for all lovers of jazz, from novices to aficionados. |
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