Jazz : the basics /
Meeder, Christopher.
New York ; London : Routledge,
2008.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 264-266), discography (p. 253-265), and index.
Fundamentals -- Pre-jazz -- Early jazz recordings -- Louis Armstrong -- The 1920s -- The swing era, part I : big bands -- The swing era, part II : small groups and soloists -- Bebop and the moldy figs -- Charlie Parker -- Thelonious Monk -- The 1950s : the beginning of jazz -- Miles Davis -- Avant-garde jazz of the 1950s and early 1960s -- John Coltrane -- The 1960s, part I : inside -- The 1960s, part II : free jazz -- The 1960s, part III : Chicago -- Postbop pianists -- Fusion -- The 1980s and new conservatism -- The genre busters -- Lately.
Jazz
Jazz musicians