The Cambridge companion to jazz
By: edited by Mervyn Cooke and David Horn.
Contributors: Cooke, Mervyn.; Horn, David, 1942-
Series: Cambridge companions to music
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 403
Subjects: Jazz -- History and criticism.
Description: Notes -- Works cited -- Principal musicians cited -- Index.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-376) and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1 A brief chronology of jazz; title: The word 'jazz' / Krin Gabbard; title: Jazz times. The identity of jazz / David Horn; title: The jazz diaspora / Bruce Johnson; title: The jazz audience / Jed Resula; title: Jazz and dance / Robert P. Crease. pt. 2 Jazz practices. Jazz as musical practice / Travis A. Jackson; title: Jazz as cultural practice / Bruce Johnson; title: Jazz improvisation / Ingrid Monson; title: Spontaneity and organisation / Peter J. Martin; title: Jazz among the classics, and the case of Duke Ellington / Mervyn Cooke.; title: pt. 3. Jazz changes. 1959, the beginning of beyond / Darius Brubeck; title: Free jazz and the avant-garde / Jeff Pressing; title: Fusions and crossovers / Stuart Nicholson.; title: pt. 4. Jazz soundings. Learning jazz, teaching jazz / David Ake; title: History, myth, and legend: the problem of early jazz / David Sagar; title: Analysing jazz / Thomas Owens.; title: pt. 5. Jazz takes. Valuing jazz / Robert Walser; title: The jazz market / Dave Laing; title: Images of jazz / Krin Gabbard.