Oxford University Press, 1956. — 365 p.
В книге подробно рассматривается история джазовой музыки,
музыкальные жанры, предшествовавшие джазу и повлиявшие на его
становление, эволюция джаза от менестрелей и регтайма до
направления боп, проводится анализ музыкальной составляющей джаза.
The Pre-History of Jazz
Jazz and West African Music
From Africa to the New World.
The West Indies and the United States
New Orleans
The New Orleans Background
The Transition to Jazz
Jazz Begins
Buddy Bolden and the Growth of Jazz
The American Background
The Great Awakening
The Work Song
The Blues
Minstrelsy
The Spiritual
Ragtime
The Jazz Age
The Jazz Age Begins
The Jazz Age Flourishes
The Jazz Age Ends
Jazz Yesterday and Today
The Swing Era and the Revivalists
Bop and After
Afro-Cuban Music
The Nature of Jazz
The European Tradition: Harmony
Melody and Rhythm
Expressiveness in Jazz: A Definition
Jazz Tomorrow
The Conquest of Jazz
The Appeal of Jazz
Jazz and the Role of the Negro
Postscript: The Future of Jazz Notes
Bibliography
Index
Jazz and West African Music
From Africa to the New World.
The West Indies and the United States
New Orleans
The New Orleans Background
The Transition to Jazz
Jazz Begins
Buddy Bolden and the Growth of Jazz
The American Background
The Great Awakening
The Work Song
The Blues
Minstrelsy
The Spiritual
Ragtime
The Jazz Age
The Jazz Age Begins
The Jazz Age Flourishes
The Jazz Age Ends
Jazz Yesterday and Today
The Swing Era and the Revivalists
Bop and After
Afro-Cuban Music
The Nature of Jazz
The European Tradition: Harmony
Melody and Rhythm
Expressiveness in Jazz: A Definition
Jazz Tomorrow
The Conquest of Jazz
The Appeal of Jazz
Jazz and the Role of the Negro
Postscript: The Future of Jazz Notes
Bibliography
Index