Inhalt
- 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