The chronicle of jazz
By: Mervyn Cooke
Edition: Revised and expanded edition.
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780199341009
Subjects: Chronology; Jazz; History and criticism
Description: A year-by-year history of people and events, this lively multi-layered account charts the evolution of jazz from its roots in Africa and the southern United States to the myriad urban styles heard around the world today.
Notes: "Biographical index of musicians": pages 254-261; "Glossary of musical terms": pages 261-263; "International jazz festivals : a select list": page 263.

Includes bibliographical references (page 266), discography (pages 264-265), and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. A century of jazz; title: 1895-1916 : Origins. 1895-1905 : Ragtime era begins ; 1906-9 : New Orleans : the musical melting pot ; 1910-13 : Impact of the blues ; 1914-16 : On the verge of jazz; title: 1917-1929 : From New Orleans to the east coast. 1917 : All that jazz ; 1918 : Ragtime goes abroad ; 1919 : Jazz on tour ; 1920 : Branching out from Dixie ; 1921 : Striding ahead ; 1922 : King Oliver in Chicago ; 1923 : First flowering ; 1924 : Jazz in the concert hall ; 1925 : Satchmo ; 1926 : New virtuosity ; 1927-28 : Harlem, Chicago and Kansas City ; 1929 : Empress of the blues; title: 1930-1945 : Swing. 1930-31 : Dance bands ; 1932 : Paris ; 1933 : Satchmo and the Duke in Europe ; 1934 : Stompin' at the Savoy ; 1935 : Kings of swing ; 1936 : Billie and Ella ; 1937 : Nazi ban ; 1938 : New respectability ; 1939 : War ; 1940 : Seeds of revolution ; 1941 : Enter Bird ; 1942 : Industrial action ; 1943 : Black, brown, and beige ; 1944 : All-American all-stars ; 1945 : Restless peace; title: 1946-1958 : Style and idea. 1946-47 : Latin tinge ; 1948 : First jazz festival ; 1949 : Migration to France ; 1950 : Parker in Scandinavia ; 1951 : Modern jazz ; 1952 : West coast travels east ; 1953 : Reviving the big bands ; 1954 : East and west ; 1955 : Disaster at Birdland ; 1956 : Ellington at Newport ; 1957 : Cinema and third stream ; 1958 : Jazz Messengers; title: 1959-1969 : Birth of modern jazz. 1959 : Giant steps ; 1960 : Freedom principle ; 1961 : Duke meets the Count ; 1962 : Through the Iron Curtain ; 1963-64 : Technology and spirituality ; 1965 : 'Trane ascendant ; 1966 : Greenwich Village ; 1967 : Ends and beginnings ; 1968 : New talents ; 1969 : New horizons; title: 1970-1999 : Innovation and reaction. 1970 : Forecast unsettled ; 1971 : Death of a legend ; 1972 : Old and the new ; 1973-74 : Headhunters ; 1975 : Davis bows out ; 1976-78 : Consolidation ; 1979 : Mingus legacy ; 1980 : Complementary pathways ; 1981 : Japan moves center stage ; 1982 : After Monk ; 1983-85 : Prodigies ; 1986-88 : Envoi to the last of the great leaders ; 1989-90 : Messengers retrospective ; 1991 : Farewell, prince of darkness ; 1992-95 : Diversity ; 1996 : Women in jazz ; 1997-98 : Coleman honored ; 1999 : Ellington's century; title: 2000- : Millennium blues. 2000-1 : Jazz in America ; 2002 : Appreciating jazz ; 2003 : A world treasure ; 2004 : Farewell, Artie ; 2005 : The way up ; 2006 : Rebuilding the cradle ; 2007 : Losses ; 2008 : Returning to forever ; 2009- : Henceforward...