The Cambridge companion to jazz / edited by Mervyn Cooke and David Horn.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Description
xxii, 403 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

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    Series
    Cambridge companions to music [More in this series]
    Summary note
    Notes -- Works cited -- Principal musicians cited -- Index.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-376) and index.
    Contents
    • pt. 1 A brief chronology of jazz
    • The word 'jazz' / Krin Gabbard
    • Jazz times. The identity of jazz / David Horn
    • The jazz diaspora / Bruce Johnson
    • The jazz audience / Jed Resula
    • Jazz and dance / Robert P. Crease. pt. 2 Jazz practices. Jazz as musical practice / Travis A. Jackson
    • Jazz as cultural practice / Bruce Johnson
    • Jazz improvisation / Ingrid Monson
    • Spontaneity and organisation / Peter J. Martin
    • Jazz among the classics, and the case of Duke Ellington / Mervyn Cooke.
    • pt. 3. Jazz changes. 1959, the beginning of beyond / Darius Brubeck
    • Free jazz and the avant-garde / Jeff Pressing
    • Fusions and crossovers / Stuart Nicholson.
    • pt. 4. Jazz soundings. Learning jazz, teaching jazz / David Ake
    • History, myth, and legend: the problem of early jazz / David Sagar
    • Analysing jazz / Thomas Owens.
    • pt. 5. Jazz takes. Valuing jazz / Robert Walser
    • The jazz market / Dave Laing
    • Images of jazz / Krin Gabbard.
    ISBN
    • 0521663202
    • 0521663881 (pb.)
    LCCN
    2001052671
    OCLC
    48223508
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